Cloquet man killed in floatplane crash in Alaska
by The Associated Press

CLOQUET -- A man from Cloquet (Kloh-kay') and two other men are dead after a floatplane crashed and burned in Alaska on Saturday.

The Handevidt Funeral Home in Cloquet says one of the victims was 46-year-old Bradley E. Johnson. His funeral is scheduled for Monday in Cloquet.

His obituary says he worked for the Minnesota Department of Transportation and enjoyed hunting, fishing, the outdoors and old cars.

The Paetznick-Garness Funeral Chapel in Groton, South Dakota, says the other passenger was 56-year-Roger Ball of Conde, South Dakota. His funeral will be Tuesday.

The Alaska Department of Public Safety has identified the pilot of the plane as 60-year-old Thomas Iversen of Nikiski, Alaska.

Public Safety spokeswoman Beth Ipsen tells The Associated Press they believe Johnson and Ball were the passengers, but final identifications are pending.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.