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One dead in small plane crash north of Kingston, Ont.

An Ontario Provincial Police shoulder patch is seen in this undated file photo. An Ontario Provincial Police shoulder patch is seen in this undated file photo.
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Ontario Provincial Police say one person is dead after a small plane crashed Saturday afternoon near the southern tip of Bobs Lake, north of Kingston.

Frontenac OPP received several calls about a plane crashing in a wooded area along Buck Bay Road around 3:18 p.m.

Emergency responders and members of the public searched for the plane and found it just before 5 p.m.

Only one person was in the plane and they were dead at the scene. Their identity has not been released.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is deploying a team of investigators to gather information on the crash. The TSB identified the aircraft as a Quad City Challenger II.

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