Three Jewish Victims Among Four Killed in Ukrainian Plane Crash

Four people, including three young Jewish men, were killed Wednesday in Prykarpattia, western Ukraine, when the small plane they were in crashed directly into the roof of a private home.

Firefighters rushed to the scene to put out the blaze sparked by the crash and rescue people from the flames, the Express reported.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine said in a statement: “On July 28, at about 1:40 p.m., a light-powered sports plane crashed into a private house near the village of Sheparivtsi, Kolomyia district, with subsequent burning, killing four people.”

Three of the victims were reported to have been young Yeshiva students whose names have not yet been released.