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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Scrapyard worker injured in UPS plane crash dies on Christmas, raising deaths to 15

Louisville US Plane Crash - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A man injured in last month’s fiery UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky died on Christmas Day, raising the death toll from the crash to 15, officials announced late Thursday.

Alain Rodriguez Colina worked at a scrapyard that was devastated when the departing cargo plane, fully loaded with fuel for a flight to Hawaii, plowed into businesses just outside Louisville’s airport on Nov. 4. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg conformed his death via social media.

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