A WOMAN killed in a plane crash in Switzerland at the weekend along with her New Zealand husband is believed to be from the Truro area.

Clare Dickson (nee Penpraze), 26, and Greg Dickson were killed on Sunday after their Piper single engine plane crashed in bad weather while travelling from the Italian island of Elba to Zurich. The couple lived in Switzerland.

Two other people, including the pilot, survived the crash and are currently in hospital recovering from their injuries.