All three men who lost their lives in a plane crash near Lansing this past week have been identified, with Bath Township Police releasing more details from it's investigation at a press conference on Sunday.

The small jet went down around 5 p.m. on Thursday, in the Rose Lake State Wildlife Area. The crash started a fire, killing all three men on board.

First responders struggled to access the site, a secluded, wooded area with no road access.

"We actually had to use saws and manpower to blaze a trail, follow it back, to even the site itself," said Chief Mark Koonter with the Bath Township Fire Department.

"Our superintendent and I went out to the scene the night of," said township supervisor Ryan Fewins-Bliss. "The professionalism, the dedication, the sweat and blood and tears.. it was

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