QUINAULT, Wash. — One person is dead and two others injured after a small plane crashed in the Olympic National Park near Quinault on Wednesday.
The crash is in a remote, forested area north of the Irely Lake Trailhead, according to the National Park Service.
Park rangers were notified of the crash shortly before 7 a.m. Rangers coordinated a response with Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue.
The occupants of the Murphy SR3500 Moose aircraft were taken to the hospital.
The cause of the crash is unknown and will be investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.
