High School Hoops Star Survives 2nd Plane Crash

A 16-year-old basketball star is in critical condition after surviving his second plane crash, reports the Chicago Tribune. Austin Hatch's father, who was piloting the single-engine plane, died in the crash, along with his stepmother. Austin had previously survived a 2003 plane crash killed his mother and two siblings. Dr. Stephen Hatch was also piloting that plane.

The week before, Austin had agreed to attend the University of Michigan on a basketball scholarship in 2013. "It was a very special moment for me," he told the newspaper. "There's nothing I don't like about their program, and I couldn't turn it down." A safety board official said a preliminary report on the crash would take about 10 days. Stephen Hatch's previous crash was attributed to inaccurate preflight planning, which caused the plane to run out of fuel.