4 dead after 2 small planes collide over Florida lake, sheriff says

Winter Have, Fla. — Two small planes collided in midair over a central Florida lake Tuesday afternoon, killing the four people in them, authorities said.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Tuesday night that their bodies had been located. "It is no longer a search and rescue operation, but a recovery operation," he said.

He said one of the planes involved was a Cherokee Piper 161 carrying Faith Irene Baker, 24, of Winter Haven, a pilot/flight instructor with Sunrise Aviation and Zachary Jean Mace, 19, of Winter Haven, a student at Polk State College. CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV cited deputies as saying it was being operated on behalf of the college and was a fixed-wing aircraft.