MCCLELLANVILLE, S.C. — A deadly plane crash in Charleston County, S.C., killed the CEO of a Mecklenburg County company.
Deputies said the plane came down in an old rice field near the Intracoastal Waterway near McClellanville around 5 p.m. Thursday.
Authorities confirmed the two men on board the twin-engine plane were Patrick Eudy and Robert Ulrich. Eudy headed American Broadband, a telecommunications business in Matthews.
Eudy was trying to get re-certified as a pilot.
Witnesses described hearing what sounded like engine trouble with the plane before the crash.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.