Plane crash

A single-engine aircraft crashed yesterday, Aug. 31, near an orchard on Trout Creek Ridge Road south of downtown Parkdale, killing its two occupants. 

 Photo courtesy of the Hood River County Sheriff's Office

PARKDALE — Two locals, James Crain and Scott Perry, died after their single-engine plane crashed in the upper valley yesterday, Aug. 31. 

At around 11:30 a.m., the Hood River County Sheriff's Office (HRSCO) received multiple reports of a plane crash and located the site near an orchard on Trout Creek Ridge Road, just south of downtown Parkdale, an hour later. Crain and Perry were found deceased.Â