LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) -- A 33-year-old Pulaski man was among three people killed when a small airplane crashed on the median of an interstate highway near Lincoln, Illinois.
Illinois State Police announced Wednesday the victims of Tuesday's crash were 33-year-old Matthew Hanson of Pulaski; 22-year-old Mitchell W. Janssen of Princeville, Ill., and 30-year-old Kevin Chapman of Urbana, Ill.
Janssen, a right-handed pitcher who attended Bradley University from 2015 to 2019, was piloting the single-engine Cessna 172 when it crashed on Interstate-55 and burst into flames.
The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into the cause of the crash.
