2 killed after small plane crashes on roadway in Va.

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(AP) -- Virginia State Police are identifying two people who died in a small plane crash.

Police identified the two in a statement Wednesday as 57-year-old pilot Charles Neal Caldwell of Apopka, Florida, and his passenger, 81-year-old John Joseph Quinn Jr. of Culpeper, Virginia. Police say the aircraft, a Jihlavan KP 5 ASA, crashed in Rhoadesville on Tuesday afternoon. The fixed-wing, single-engine aircraft was classified as experimental.

State police, the medical examiner's officer, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the cause of the crash.

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