A doctor has died after his plane smashed into a garage in Michigan - eight years after he survived a similar crash that killed his wife and two children. Dr Stephen Hatch, 46, died alongside his second wife, Kim, when their single-engine plane crashed as they returned home to Indiana after a vacation.
His 16-year-old son, Austin - who only survived the first crash when his father flung him out of the burning plane - was seriously injured in Friday's accident, and is in a critical condition in hospital.
They were the sole survivors of the 2003 crash, in which Dr Hatch lost his first wife, Julie, and his other two children, Lindsay, 11 and Ian, five.
At the time Austin, now a talented basketball player, was just eight-years-old.
David Bojrab, Dr Hatch's close friend and business partner, said: 'His wife and two children were in flames and he was never able to reach them.
'Steve reached over to his son who was sitting in front with him and tossed him out the window to save his life.'
In a terrible twist of fate, the family were returning from their summer home on Walloon Lake when they crashed in 2003 - the same place they were flying to on Friday when their single-engine plane flew into a garage near the Charlevoix Municipal Airport. Read More
5 comments (read or post your own):
There seems to be a lot of these plane crashes and freak accidents lately, nearly every other day now.
Well, which is it?
"...when their single-engine plane crashed as they returned home to Indiana after a vacation.
OR..
"..the same place they were flying to on Friday when their single-engine plane flew into a garage near the Charlevoix Municipal Airport.
Did they crash on the way home from the lake or on the way there??
To respond to "Anonymous": The crash last week happened as they flew FROM Indiana TO their lake home in Michigan. The crash in 2003 happened when they were returning to Indiana from the same lake home.
~~Christi
God is separating the wheat from the chaff. We will see a lot more of this in the days to come. Don't be scared. The Shepard is in the building.
Kimbery Hatch was an amazing woman.Her heart was on fire for God and wanted everyone to know how amazing He is. She lead many bible studies and wanted young women to strengthen their walk with God.Before this tragic accident kim had taken a trip to Joplin MO, to bring supplies and to share the word of God. I will miss her dearly and so will many others. But she is where she has always wanted to be, at the feet of Jesus.
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