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Friends, family set up memorial fund for flight paramedic killed in plane crash


Flight paramedic Jake Shepherd killed in Elko plane crash (Photo: Travis Allred)
Flight paramedic Jake Shepherd killed in Elko plane crash (Photo: Travis Allred)
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(KUTV) Friends and family are asking for help to set up a memorial fund for a Tooele County flight paramedic who was killed, along with three others, in an Elko plane crash Friday night.

The Tooele County Sheriff's Office confirmed Saturday that Jake Shepherd was killed in the crash. Shepherd leaves behind a wife and three children.

A friend of Shepherd set up a GoFundMe page, which said Shepherd died "doing what he loved, being a flight paramedic for American Medflight."

Allen Kenitzer of the FAA Office of Communication said a Piper PA 31 crashed into the ground Friday evening in a parking lot northeast of the Elko airport.

The cause of the crash is unknown as of Saturday evening.

Other victims from the crash include Elko Firefighter Tiffany Urresti, patient Edward Clohese and pilot Yuji Irie.


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