Actor Christian Oliver and 2 young daughters killed in Caribbean plane crash


 Actor Christian Oliver, his two young daughters and the pilot of a small plane are dead after the aircraft crashed into the Caribbean Sea, authorities said Friday. 

The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force said in a statement that Oliver, 51, identified in the statement by his real name Christian Klesper, and daughters Madita. 12, and Annik,10, were on board the small plane. The pilot was identified as area resident and plane owner Robert Sachs. The U.S. State Department said Sachs was also an American. 

Representatives for Oliver also confirmed his death, telling CBS News in a statement that their "thoughts and prayers are with him, his two daughters and his family." 

The police force said that the plane had crashed into the sea about a mile off the coast of Petit Nevis sometime after midday. The plane was traveling to St. Lucia, about 65 miles away, authorities said, but moments after taking off, it "experienced difficulties and plummeted into the ocean."

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