WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - A Polk State College student and a flight instructor were among four killed after two small planes collided mid-air in Winter Haven Tuesday afternoon.
The crash prompted a large response from local first responders. The scene began unfolding on Lake Hartridge near Winter Haven Regional Airport.
First responders said the crash happened mid-air. Investigators with the Polk County Sheriff's Office said one of the planes, a Cherokee Piper 161 fixed wing plane, was being operated by Sunrise Aviation on behalf of Polk State College.
The other plane involved was a Piper J-3 Cub sea plane that was operated by Jack Brown's Seaplane Base in Winter Haven. Crews search for survivors of Winter Haven plane crash Of the four people found after the plane crash, officials said they were all dead.