A Bartonville man and his father were killed Sunday afternoon when their twin-engine aircraft collided with multiple tractor-trailers and burst into flames in northwest Tarrant County.

At approximately 1:36 p.m., the Fort Worth Fire Department responded to multiple emergency calls in the 12700 block of N. Saginaw Blvd., near Hicks Airfield. Crews arrived in under five minutes and found a downed aircraft amid heavy fire involving at least 10 tractor-trailers and spread-out grass fires. Thick plumes of smoke rising from the wreckage were visible from miles away.

The victims were identified as Michael Daly of Bartonville and his father, John Daly of Roanoke. Both were pronounced deceased at the scene. The aircraft—a Beechcraft King Air C90 that departed from Alliance Airport—had no other pu

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