Marion County — Ocala Police Chief Greg Graham died in a Sunday morning plane crash.
Marion County Fire Rescue responded to the crash at approximately 11:32 a.m. The plane crashed in the 9700 block of Southwest 140th Avenue.
The plane went down in a field in southwest Marion County, near the 9700 block of Southwest 140th Avenue — not far from the Marion County Airport.
Mike Balken at the police department has now been named interim chief by Mayor Kent Guinn.
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Graham had just received his pilot’s license.
The crash is still under investigation.
No other injuries were reported.