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Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
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John Heinz
American businessman and politician (1938–1991)
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Pennsylvania
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1991 Merion mid-air collision
1991 mid-air collision
On April 4, 1991, a Piper Aerostar propeller-driven aircraft collided in mid-air with a Bell 412 helicopter over Merion Elementary School in Lower Merion Township, a suburb west of Philadelphia, in southeast Pennsylvania. All five people in both aircraft were killed, including…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Merion Station, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Merion Station, also known as Merion, is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It borders Philadelphia to its west and is one of the communities that make up the Philadelphia Main Line. Merion Station is part of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)