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Plane kills jogger in SC beach emergency landing

Plane kills jogger in SC beach emergency landing

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday. Robert Gary Jones of...  Read Full Story

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