Darrell Ward, who appeared in 5 seasons of show, killed along with pilot
courtesy CBC News & The Associated Press Posted: Aug 29, 2016 1:43 PM ET
Darrell Ward joined the cast of Ice Road Truckers in the History Channel reality show’s sixth season. (Facebook)
A plane crash in western Montana killed a star of the History channel reality series Ice Road Truckers as he returned home to film a pilot episode of a show about recovering plane wrecks.
Darrell Ward, 52, of Deer Lodge, died in the fiery crash Sunday on the shoulder of Interstate 90 southeast of Missoula, History spokeswoman Susan Ievoli confirmed Monday.
Pilot Mark Melotz appeared to be trying to land at a small airstrip when “something went drastically wrong,” Missoula County sheriff’s Capt. Bill Burt said Sunday.
Family and friends who were waiting for them said the airplane appeared to stall, then went through a stand of trees, hitting some of them, Burt said. Branches were thrown onto the highway.
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