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OPP name 2 of 3 plane crash victims

The Ontario Provincial Police has released the names of two of the three victims of a March 17 plan crash. Joseph Arseneau, 64, and his wife, Mary-Lou, 65, died in the crash.
Sudbury.com Staff
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The Ontario Provincial Police identified Joseph Arseneau, 64, and his wife, Mary-Lou, 65, as victims in the March 17 plane crash. File photo.
The Ontario Provincial Police has released the names of two of the three victims of a March 17 plan crash.

Joseph Arseneau, 64, and his wife, Mary-Lou, 65, died in the crash. The name of the third victim will be released pending further post-mortem results, said the OPP.

A search for the missing plane was initiated March 17 after the Piper aircraft experienced engine problems 20 kilometres south of Sudbury and 18 kilometres west of Key River.

Three bodies were found at the crash site March 18, located about 25 kilometres west of the Henvey Inlet First Nation.

"On March 18, 2015 at approximately 8:44 a.m., the Joint Rescue Coordinator Centre located the plane, which was in a desolate rugged terrain near the mouth of the French and Pickerel Rivers within the French River Provincial Park area," said a news release from the OPP earlier this week.

"A member of the Ontario Provincial Police Emergency Response Team was airlifted to the crash site by the Canadian Coast Guard helicopter. Confirmation was then ascertained that it was the plane which had been reported in distress shortly before 4 p.m. on March 17."