Father and son die in plane crash after leaving baseball game

A father and his 22-year-old son died in a plane crash while returning home from a St. Louis Cardinals game. The pilot, 48, and his son took off from St. Louis Regional Airport in Bethalto on Thursday evening, heading to Siloam Springs Municipal Airport in Arkansas. The Monroe County Sheriff's Department reported that the plane crashed near Waterloo, Illinois, after making a last-minute turn into a developing storm. The victims were identified as Jimmy Don Lewis and Brayden Ty Lewis by the Monroe County Coroner’s Office. Investigators indicated that the aircraft, believed to be a Beechcraft Baron 55, encountered severe weather, leading to a loss of radar contact. Emergency crews were dispatched around 2:34 a.m. on Friday, and the wreckage was located at approximately 7:40 a.m. in a tree line. The Federal Aviation Administration is leading the investigation, with preliminary findings suggesting a possible malfunction in the aircraft's weather-tracking system.