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The reporter, Carley Anne McCord, 30, who was married to the son of LSU’s offensive coordinator, was among the victims, officials said. The plane was headed to Atlanta, where top-ranked LSU was scheduled to play Oklahoma in the Peach Bowl in the afternoon, with a spot in the national championship game at stake.
Alton Trahan, a spokesman for the Lafayette Fire Department, said it appeared all of the passengers were headed to Atlanta for the game.
Michael Bonnette, a spokesman for the LSU football team, said McCord’s father-in-law, Steve Ensminger, would still coach in the game.
Chief Robert P. Benoit of the Lafayette Fire Department said just one of the six people on board the plane had survived the crash. That person was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Three other people on the ground were taken to hospitals.
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A spokeswoman for the city identified the others killed as Ian E. Biggs, 51, who was the pilot; Robert Vaughn Crisp II, 59; Gretchen D. Vincent, 51; and Michael Walker Vincent, 15.
Stephen Wade Berzas, 37, was identified as the passenger who survived.
McCord covered several sports as a freelance reporter for Cox Sports Television, ESPN3 and WDSU, a local television station, according to her website.
The plane struck a car in the parking lot when it crashed shortly before 9:30 a.m., engulfing the car in flames and injuring someone inside, Trahan said. The three people on the ground who were hurt included that person and two postal workers, he said.
The plane, a two-engine Piper Cheyenne, which can hold up to eight passengers, crashed a mile west of Lafayette Regional Airport, where it had taken off, said Tony Molinaro, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Investigators from the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board were on their way to the scene of the crash.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times .