CLARA CITY, Minn. (Tribune News Service) — A Clara City man and Army veteran has died as a result of injuries he suffered in a crash while piloting a crop-dusting plane in Chippewa County.

The family of Derek John DuHoux reported that he died Wednesday, Aug. 2, while in medical care for the injuries he suffered the morning of July 25.

"Derek went doing what he loves — flying! Godspeed son, fly high with the angels," the family posted on a CaringBridge site created to share medical updates about him.

The Chippewa County Sheriff's Office reported that the plane DuHoux was flying caught a power line and crashed into a cornfield in Crate Township around 9:35 a.m. July 25. He was transported by LifeLink Aircare with life-threatening injuries after emergency responders reached the site, according to the news release from the sheriff at the time. The medical facility was not named.

The Clara City native and MACCRAY High School graduate was a military veteran and a 2011 graduate of the aircraft and pilot bachelor's program at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, according to West Central Tribune archives and a LinkedIn page.

His service in the military included service as Alpha Company commander with the 1-10 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion in the U.S. Army.

A West Central Tribune photo from 2007 shows he missed his senior prom while attending military training in Georgia.

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