Prince George’s County youth figure skater Olivia Ter was killed in Wednesday’s American Airlines flight crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport, according to a Thursday news release from the Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation.
Olivia was returning from the U.S. Figure Skating National Development Camp in Wichita, Kansas, the news release said. She was 12 years old.
“The impact of Olivia’s life will continue to resonate in our youth sports community, and she will be sorely missed,” Bill Tyler, the department’s director, said in the news release.
American Airlines Flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter plunged into the Potomac River after colliding Wednesday night near the Ronald Reagan National Airport, the Associated Press reported. All 64 passengers on the plane and three U.S. military members on the helicopter were killed in the crash, the outlet reported.
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Fourteen of those killed were returning from the figure skating development camp, according to the Associated Press.
Olivia was a member of Fort Washington’s Tucker Road Ice Rink and was one of four local youth skaters attending the development camp, Thursday’s news release said. The camp serves as a stepping stone for athletes aiming to compete for Team USA, according to the news release.
“[Olivia] was one of ours,” Prince George’s County Council chair and county executive candidate Jolene Ivey said in a Facebook statement. “The heartbreak over the plane and helicopter crash is increasing as we learn more about the victims.”
