‘No longer with us:’ Disabled passenger dies after Saskatchewan plane crash
FOND DU LAC, Sask. — A disabled man injured in a plane crash in northern Saskatchewan has died in hospital.
The family of Arson Fern Jr. announced his death on a Gofundme page set up after the Dec. 13 crash near the remote community of Fond du Lac.
“Arson Jr. is no longer with us,” said the post. “May he rest in peace.”
A photo of Fern lying in a hospital bed, surrounded by relatives, accompanied the post. It said the 19-year-old, who had cerebral palsy, suffered broken legs, a broken pelvis, internal bleeding and a collapsed lung.