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Wednesday 11 November

2 dead as business jet crashes into Ohio apartments

Firefighters work at the scene where authorities say a small MARK GILLISPIE maker said.
business jet crashed into an apartment building in Akron, Ohio, Associated Press The plane then hit an em-
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. Investigators were trying to determine AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A bankment beyond the
how many people were on the 10-seater jet, but they con- small business jet crashed apartment building, caus-
firmed two deaths, said Lt. Sierjie Lash, an Akron fire department into an apartment building ing a nearby house to also
spokeswoman. on Tuesday, killing at least burn, he said.
two people aboard, au- There were no known inju-
(Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal via AP) thorities said. ries on the ground, he said.
Investigators were trying to Witnesses reported hearing
NY Police: Boys, 14, recorded, determine how many peo- explosions when the plane
sent sex video; 20 suspended ple were on the 10-seater hit.
Hawker H25 jet, but they “I heard a big bang, and
confirmed two deaths, said my couch shook twice,”
Lt. Sierjie Lash, an Akron fire said Carrie Willis, who lives
department spokeswom- several blocks away.
an. The front of the apartment
No one was inside the small building was destroyed.
brick apartment building or Jesse Moon told WEWS-
a neighboring home that TV that he was six blocks
caught fire, she said. away when the plane went
The jet clipped a utility wire down and he ran over to
on the way down and burst the area.
into flames and disintegrat- “Everything was gone,” he
ed after impact, Ohio State said. “It looked like a bomb
Highway Patrol Lt. Bill Hay- exploded.”q

FRANK ELTMAN ter on their phones or send-
Associated Press ing copies to friends. Kings
MINEOLA, New York (AP) Park Superintendent Timo-
— Two 14-year-old boys thy Eagen told Newsday
were charged after one of that about 20 students had
them allegedly shot video been suspended for be-
of the other having sex tween one and five days.
with a girl, and as many as He said school officials
20 students at a neighbor- got an anonymous tip last
ing school in the U.S. have week about the images,
been suspended for either and students were seen
viewing the video encoun- “huddled” around cell-
ter on their smartphones or phones during lunch.
sending copies to friends. Eagen said students who
The incident has at least possessed or saw the imag-
one parent decrying his es got lighter punishments;
son’s suspension, and civil those who possessed and
libertarians have ques- distributed them got up to
tioned whether school ad- five days’ suspension. He
ministrators followed due did not immediately return
process in doling out disci- a call for comment, but is-
pline. The boys, students at sued a statement on the
Smithtown High School on school district website cit-
eastern Long Island in New ing confidentiality issues in
York state, have not been not providing additional
identified, nor has the girl information.n
depicted in the video. Po- Andrew Fenton, the father
lice say the two boys face of sophomore AJ Fenton,
felony charges of dissemi- said his son should not
nating indecent material have been suspended for
to minors and promoting merely receiving an unso-
a sexual performance by licited video.
a child, as well as misde- AJ Fenton was escorted
meanor sexual abuse. by police from the school
Police provided no infor- on Tuesday morning af-
mation on whether they ter attempting to defy the
have attorneys who could suspension. “He was un-
comment. The case is be- justifiably, supposedly sus-
ing prosecuted in Fam- pended, although we still
ily Court. A police spokes- have not been officially
woman said Tuesday that notified,” the elder Fenton
further arrests were not told reporters outside the
expected. Meanwhile, as school.
many as 20 students at His son said he is being un-
neighboring Kings Park High fairly disciplined. “I can’t
School were suspended for stop somebody from send-
either viewing the encoun- ing a text to me. q