GREAT BEND -The two central Kansas men who died onboard a small plane that crashed in a field in Colorado on Tuesday are leaders of a Kansas church.
The pilot identified Wednesday as 35-year-old Jared Langston of Holyrood and the passenger Benjamin Bates, 41, Lyons.
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Bates served as bishop of the Great Bend Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Langston was the Elders Quorum president and Young Men’s president, according to church officials.
Both men were pronounced dead at the scene around noon Tuesday after their Beechcraft 35 Bonanza went down near Greeley.
Cause of the crash is under investigation.
-The Associated Press contributed to this report.