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“Yesterday around 2:15 PM the North Andover 911 Communications Center were alerted by the Lawrence Municipal Airport Air Traffic Control Tower of a plane crash in the Merrimack River behind the Amazon complex.
A box alarm was transmitted bringing all North Andover fire apparatus to the scene. There is one confirmed fatality. The scene was cleared at 7:20 PM.
Thank you to our mutual aid companies along with the many state and federal resources who assisted:
• Andover Fire Rescue
• Lawrence Fire Department
• Methuen Fire Department
• Lawrence General Hospital ALS
• North Andover Police Department
• Massachusetts State Police Air Wing
• Massachusetts State Police Dive Team
• Beverly Fire Department Dive Team
• Massachusetts Environmental Police
• National Transportation Safety Board
• Federal Aviation Administration
• REHAB FIVE.”-North Andover Fire Department.
James Hassam photo.
