Four people have died in a plane crash near the Utah desert tourist community of Moab

MOAB, Utah (AP) — A plane crash outside the eastern Utah tourist town of Moab has killed all four people on board. The Grand County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement the plane crashed Sunday evening shortly after taking off from Canyonlands Airfield about 15 miles (24 kilometers) north of Moab. The National Transportation Safety Board says it was a single-engine Piper plane, and the crash is being investigated. A phone message left with sheriff’s officials seeking additional information wasn’t immediately returned Monday. Moab is a tourism-centered community of about 5,300 people near Arches and Canyonlands national parks.