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Jimmy Don Lewis and Son Brayden Ty Lewis Die in Beechcraft Crash After Storm Near Waterloo

A Beechcraft Baron 55 carrying Jimmy Don Lewis, 48, and his son Brayden Ty Lewis, 22, crashes in a field near Waterloo, Illinois, while returning from a St. Louis Cardinals game.Radar contact ends about 22 minutes into the flight and flight data shows the aircraft entering a descending spiral as the men try to evade severe weather after a weather tracking system reportedly gave incorrect guidance.Search teams locate the wreckage after several hours in poor visibility, police notify Kelsey Lewis, Jill Lewis and Brayden’s girlfriend Payton, and the family plans a sports scholarship at Kansas High School to honor the two pilots.
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