Who was Spencer Lane? 'A crazy kid,' club owner says. Zeghibe said Spencer Lane "has not been skating that long, and just rocketed to the top of the sport." "Spencer, in the best

Spencer Lane, a 16-year-old figure skater from Rhode Island, and his mother, Christine Lane, 49, were among those killed in Wednesday night’s plane crash while en route from Wichita to Washington, D.C.

A Rhode Island man is mourning the death of his son, 16-year-old figure skater Spencer Lane, and wife, Christine Lane, after they were killed in a plane crash near Washington, D.C.

A figure skater and his mother from Rhode Island were on board a passenger plane that crashed into an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night, an official from the Skating Club of Boston confirmed.

Rhode Island native and figure skater Spencer Lane and his mother, Christine, were two of the people who were on board an American Airlines flight that collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River on Wednesday night,