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McKinney Air Crash Victims Identified

Collin County, Texas
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Police have identified three men who died in a mid-air collision over McKinney on Saturday.

Fifty-five-year-old Gregory Barber and his son, Tim, 18, both of Farmersville, collided with 48-year-old Robert Navar, of Frisco, while flying small craft over Aero Country Airport, near Virginia Parkway and Custer Road. Police say the two planes got entangled during a turn and plummeted to the ground. The FAA is conducting an investigation.

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