In an email to Channel 8, the NTSB said preliminary information indicates the Cessna 180 aircraft struck a power line before crashing into the Platte River on Friday around 8:15 p.m. Emergency crews staged at Luther Hormel Memorial Park next to the river, according to a Channel 8 reporter at the scene.

Authorities have released the identities of three people who died in plane crash Friday night in the Platte River south of Fremont.