Two people died and another was seriously injured in the crash of a small commercial flight on the southern Kenai Peninsula on Monday afternoon. The crash occurred near the community of Nanwalek, authorities said.

Two people died and another was seriously injured in the crash of a small commercial flight on the southern Kenai Peninsula on Monday afternoon. The crash occurred near the community of Nanwalek, authorities said.

Alaska State Troopers responded to the crash site along with an investigator from the National Transportation Safety Board. Troopers said the injured person was medevaced to an Anchorage hospital. Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland said the local principal and school staff also responded.