West Nipissing Police say a husband and wife from the Greater Sudbury area died in the Kipling area of West Nipissing in a plane crash on Sunday.

The fatal crash has the Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigating.

West Nipissing Police say emergency crews were dispatched at 12:45 yesterday afternoon (Sun) after calls about an aircraft crashing and dark smoke coming from the area.

Fire crews contained the fire.

The names of the deceased have not been released. The cause of the crash has not been determined.

The plane was a light aircraft.

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