Man Killed on the Ground in Philadelphia Plane Crash Identified, Fiancée and Son Still Hospitalized

Steven Dreuitt, 37, was heading to Roosevelt Mall with his fiancée Dominique and his son after a medical jet plane crashed on Jan. 31

A man who was killed on the ground after a medical jet plane crashed in Philadelphia on Jan. 31 has been identified.

Steven Dreuitt was heading to Macy’s at Roosevelt Mall with his fiancée and his son when the plane crashed shortly after 6 p.m. ET on Jan. 31. A GoFundMe for Drueitt identified his fiancée as Dominique Goods. His son was not named.

Dreuitt was found dead inside of a vehicle after the tragic incident, ABC 6 reports. The Medical Examiner’s Office for the City of Philadelphia identified Dreuitt and listed his age as 37, according to CBS News Philadelphia.

Goods was critically injured, suffering burns to 70% of her body, her cousin Shantelle Fletcher told NBC10. Fletcher confirmed on Sunday, Feb. 2, that Dominique “is in a medically induced coma” and “responding to medication.”

Dreuitt’s son is also still hospitalized, his family previously told NBC10. According to the GoFundMe, the boy was “severely burned at the time and is currently fighting for his life.”

“They never made it to Macy’s,” Fletcher told NBC10. “On their way there, that’s when the plane had crashed and their vehicle was near the blast area.”

Four crew members and two passengers — a pediatric patient and her mother — were on board the Learjet 55 aircraft when it hit the ground in a residential neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia. There were no survivors.

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance previously identified the victims as Valentina Guzman Murillo and her mother Lizeth Murillo Ozuna, who were on their way home to Mexico following Valentina’s treatment for a complication of spina bifida at Shriners Children’s Philadelphia.

The four crew members were Capt. Alan Alejandro Montoya Perales, co-pilot Josue de Jesus Juarez Juarez, Dr. Raul Meza Arredondo and paramedic Rodrigo Lopez Padilla, according to WCAU and CBS affiliate KYW-TV.

Montoya was the pilot and Juárez was the co-pilot, Mexico newspaper Milenio reported, citing Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Several homes and vehicles also caught on fire when the plane crashed.

As of Wednesday, Feb. 5, officials have confirmed that 24 people were injured. However, the number could climb as authorities continue their investigation. Drueitt remains the only fatality on the ground.

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“We still will not have a definitive answer about the number of victims or casualties until we are done with the entire forensic investigation and process all of the samples that were collected from the site,” Philadelphia Managing Director Adam Thiel told the community in a news briefing on Tuesday, Feb. 4, per ABC 6.

“This is a tragedy,” Fletcher told NBC10. “Something that you never think will happen.”

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