Pilot and three passengers killed after when small plane crashes after takeoff near Detroit

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A pilot and three passengers have been killed after a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport northwest of Detroit. Airport spokesman Dave VanderVeen says the Cessna 172 went down about 1:40 p.m. Friday at Oakland County International Airport in Waterford Township. Three people aboard the private flight were killed instantly, while the fourth died later at a hospital. VanderVeen says three of the victims were male and one was female.

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