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Atchison, Kan. Businessman Dies in Neb. Plane Crash

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Mark Bottorff, who owned a construction company in Atchison, Kan., is one of four people dead in a plane crash Friday in Nebraska.

The twin engine plane went down while Bottorff was scouting a potential job site, WIBW-TV reported.

The plane lost contact around 4 p.m. Friday and wreckage was found shortly after a search began, the station said.

Bottorff Construction was founded in 1982 and has more than 50 employees, the company website said.

There’s no word what led to the crash.