Kansas resident among 4 dead in plane crash near Seattle Washington

(AP) — Medical examiners have released the names of the four people who died in a small plane crash last Friday northeast of Seattle. 

The Snohomish County Medical Examiner said Wednesday that the victims included three men from Washington state: 33-year-old Nathan Precup of Seattle; 49-year-old Nate Lachendro, of Gig Harbor, and 52-year-old Scott Brenneman of Roy.

The medical examiner’s office also said 67-year-old David Newton of Wichita, Kansas, died in the crash. 

All died of blunt-force injuries, according to the medical examiner’s office. 

Raisbeck Engineering of Seattle said previously that two were “highly experienced” test pilots, one was a flight-test director and one an instrumentation engineer.