Aircraft Crash Survivor Dies in ATV Crash

Melanie Coffee, aircrash survivor, died in an ATV accident on Wednesday. Image-Facebook profile
Melanie Coffee, aircrash survivor, died in an ATV accident on Wednesday. Image-Facebook profile

26-year-old Melanie Coffee, one of six survivors of the November 29th crash of a Hageland Aviation Cessna 208 near St Marys, perished in an ATV crash in the village of St Marshall on Wednesday.

Reports coming from the village, report that Coffee had hit a tree in a fatal collision. No one witnesses the actual crash.

Coffee survived the crash last year and walked to the community of St Marys to gain help resuscitating her five-month-old baby. Her child was one of the four who died in the crash. She managed to lead rescuers to the site of the plane crash.

Witnesses allege that Coffee had been drinking prior to her accident, troopers are awaiting a toxicology report. They say no foul play is suspected in the accident.