{"id":4297,"date":"2026-07-12T11:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4297"},"modified":"2026-07-12T11:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:35:47","slug":"father-and-son-killed-when-their-plane-crashes-on-way-home-from-a-cardinals-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4297","title":{"rendered":"Father and son killed when their plane crashes on way home from a Cardinals game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A father and son were tragically killed Thursday night when their plane crashed on their way home from a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4295\">Heartbroken daughter reveals reason plane ended up in a \u2018descending spiral,\u2019 killing her dad and brother<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Don Lewis and his son, Brayden, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, were returning from a jaunt to see the Cardinals take on the Milwaukee Brewers at Busch Stadium when their plane went down with storms in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy, 48, was flying the Beech 95-B55 with his 22-year-old son on board from St. Louis Regional Airport in Illinois to Siloam Springs Municipal Airport in Arkansas, when it crashed in a field in Monroe County in Waterloo, Ill., according to KSDK News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe extend our deepest condolences to the victims\u2019 family and loved ones. Our thoughts and prayers remain with them during this incredibly difficult time,\u201d\u00a0the\u00a0Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Department said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4293\">The sprawling homeless encampment on Manhattan\u2019s West Side is a Mamdani campaign promise come to life<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe the plane crashed just before 11 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A rescue team on the ground and in the air \u2014 which included law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMS personnel and drone operators \u2014 began searching for the aircraft around 2:30 a.m. on Friday morning. But due to rain and poor visibility, the team was not able to locate it until 7:40 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Based on preliminary flight data, \u201cthe aircraft appeared to begin a turn, possibly in an attempt to avoid the storm, before entering what appeared to be a descending spiral. Radar contact was subsequently lost,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s department said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4291\">Europe is stepping up to fortify NATO 3.0 \u2014\u00a0and we must do the same<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas father Jimmy Don Lewis, 48, and son Brayden, 22, were killed when their small plane crashed in an Illinois field Thursday night while flying home from a St. Louis Cardinals game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Father and son killed when their plane crashes on way home from a Cardinals game - 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