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Six people, including a child, were killed in a plane crash near Wisconsin Dells, according to the Sauk County Sheriff\u2019s Department<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n DELLONA, Wis. — <\/span>Six people, including one child, were killed Tuesday night in a plane crash near Wisconsin Dells, the Sauk County Sheriff\u2019s Department said.<\/p>\n The six-seat, single-engine plane was traveling from Kenosha to Menomonie when it crashed in a wooded area near Mirror Lake State Park in the Town of Dellona shortly before 10 p.m., authorities said. Rain was falling as a thunderstorm moved through the area.<\/p>\n The sheriff’s department said it received multiple reports of a downed aircraft around 9:30 p.m. Five adults and one child who were traveling in the plane were found dead, the sheriff’s department said.<\/p>\n Police said the fixed-wing Piper PA-46 airplane was in contact with a nearby air traffic control tower before the crash. Investigators were reviewing those transmissions and whether weather played a role in the crash, the sheriff’s department and the Federal Aviation Administration said.<\/p>\n Police said there wasn’t any damage to structures or anyone on the ground. The names of those killed were not immediately released.<\/p>\n The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n