A tragic plane crash in upstate New York has claimed the lives of former MIT soccer player Karenna Groff and several family members. The incident occurred on Saturday in Copake, near the Massachusetts border.
Groff, a standout athlete, was named the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year. She was a biomedical engineering student and a former All-American soccer player at MIT, according to ESPN.
The Associated Press reported that the twin-engine Mitsubishi MU-2B went down shortly after noon in a muddy field. All six people on board perished in the crash, according to authorities.

Among the victims were Groff’s parents, Dr. Michael Groff, a distinguished neurosurgeon, and Dr. Joy Saini, a urogynecologist.
Also killed were her brother, Jared Groff, Jared’s girlfriend, Alexia Couyutas Duarte, a …