Family of plane crash victims speak out

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BRANSON MO NEWS: Brady Walker lead his football team to a win this past Saturday, but he didn’t know until after the game that his aunt, uncle and two cousins were in a plane crash. (WJAC)MONROEVILLE — It’s been four days since a plane crash in Cambria Township left a family of four in the hospital.The FAA still has not released any information about what caused the crash.Wednesday night, only one of them is still in the hospital, but all have bumps and bruises that need to heal.The Zollinger family, pilot Doug, his wife Dawn, along with their kids Zach and Mariah were all headed to Altoona to see Brady Walker play football in the PIAA Class 5A quarterfinal game.Under the lights at Gateway High School in Monroeville, the football team is prepping for a state semi-final game this Friday.”It’s the first ever in Gateway history,” senior quarterback Brady Walker said.Walker lead the team to a win this past Saturday, but what he didn’t know until after the game, was that his aunt, uncle and two cousins didn’t make it to the stands like they planned.Dispatcher: “You were coming in to land at Ebensburg Airport?”Mariah: “Yeah…I have a cousin that had a football game in Altoona.”According to the 911 recording, Walker’s uncle Doug crashed his plane after engine failure.Brady’s mom Ellen Walker said at the end of the game her husband got a phone call from Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, telling him the news of the crash. Walker says her husband fell to his knees.”You don’t hear about plane crashes too much and it was my family members and it’s just so sad to think about that could happen, but (I’m) extremely happy that they’re alive and they’re doing …