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Searchlight Justice Of The Peace Injured In Plane Crash

Richard Hill, Searchlight's justice of the peace, is recovering after a plane crash earlier this week.

The Elko Daily Free Press  reports Hill and his son were in a single engine Piper Cherokee plane that lost power Wednesday during takeoff.

The plane crashed from a height around 2,600 feet.

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Hill and his son David were taken to and treated Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital for their injuries, but have since been released.

Casey Morell is the coordinating producer of Nevada Public Radio's flagship broadcast State of Nevada and one of the station's midday newscast announcers. (He's also been interviewed by Jimmy Fallon, whatever that's worth.)