(UPDATE) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released the name of the person killed in the ultralight plane crash Saturday.

According to the patrol, the only occupant of the aircraft, 65-year-old Randal K. Reynolds of St. Joseph, was pronounced dead at the scene by Richard Shelton with the Buchanan County Medical Examiner’s Officer.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department continue to investigate.

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Patrol says a person has been killed in an ultralight plane crash in northwestern Missouri.

The crash happened Saturday afternoon in a cornfield in Buchanan County.

The patrol says the crash happened near state Highway JJ. Emergency crews were called to the scene around 3 p.m. Saturday.

The identity of the plane’s pilot has not been released.