Family from New York, Belizean businessman killed in crash of small plane in Belize

US family killed in Belize plane crash

BELIZE CITY — Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, New York, and a prominent Belizean businessman.

Police Sgt. Leslie Logan says Michael and Jill Casey and their two young children died in the accident on the island of San Pedro along with former senator and bottling magnate Sir Barry Bowen.

Logan says Bowen was piloting the single-engine aircraft as the group headed to a fundraising event he was hosting in San Pedro when the plane crashed near the town’s runway Friday night.

Local media said Michael and Jill Casey taught at a school in northwestern Belize owned by Bowen.