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Mainer injured in fatal plane crash

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Authorities have identified a man who died and another who was injured after their small plane crashed in New Hampshire.

The plane crashed Saturday in Charlestown. Police identified the man who died as 54-year-old Paul Harrison, of Ryegate, Vermont. The second man, who was brought to a hospital, was identified as 47-year-old Ilya Rivkin, of Windham, Maine.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash. The two men were the plane’s only occupants.

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