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Man Killed In Small Plane Crash Near Colorado-Kansas Border

EADS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a man was killed when he crashed his small airplane into a field near the Colorado-Kansas border.

According to the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office, 64-year-old John Lee Stubblefield, of Meridian, Idaho, crashed his Cessna P210 northeast of Sheridan Lake on Wednesday morning.

Two F16 aircraft and a B1 Bomber were training in the area and found the crash site.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash, the cause of which has not been released.

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