A second life has been claimed by Sunday afternoon’s plane crash on a stretch of Caspersen Beach in Venice, the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office reported this morning.
Oceana Irizzary, 9, succumbed to the injuries she received from the crash.
Her father, Ommy Irizarry, 36, died at the scene of the crash.
The crash and the family’s deaths are being investigated, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
The father and daughter were walking along the shore of Caspersen Beach, an undeveloped beach at the end of Harbor Drive, when a Piper Cherokee came down, losing a wheel, crippling a wing and smashing a propeller.
Either the damaged plane or its debris hit the two beachcombers, officials said.
The man died at the scene. Bayflite paramedics airlifted the girl to All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, where she was reported to be in critical condition.
The Pinellas County Medical Examiner’s Office notified the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office that Oceana had died this morning.
The plane’s pilot, Karl Kokomoor, a well-known Englewood businessman, and passenger David Theen walked away from the crash with no injuries.