Photo courtesy Carroll ISDCarroll ISD students and community members will honor fallen classmates Paul and Mason Ledet at a community vigil at Dragon Stadium tonight.
Seventeen-year-old Paul, a junior at Carroll Senior High School, and 13-year-old Mason, an eighth-grader at Carroll Middle School, died in a plane crash Saturday along with their father and uncle, 60-year-old Dr. Leonard Ledet and 62-year-old Gregory Ledet. The foursome took off early Saturday from Northwest Regional Airport in Roanoke, headed to Mississippi for the Texas A&M-Ole Miss football game.
The plane flown by Dr. Ledet, who practiced dentistry in Southlake, was diverted because of severe weather soon after take-off, and air traffic controllers lost radar and radio contact with the plane about 25 miles southeast of Terrell. The downed plane was spotted in a Van Zandt County pasture later that night.
"The family thanks everyone for their thoughts and prayers — particularly the prayers — during this difficult time," said a statement released by the Ledets through Carroll ISD. "They ask that you please respect their privacy as they grieve the loss of their loved ones."
