India, Jan. 28 -- Roland Steadham, Idaho CBS News Channel 2's chief meteorologist, was among two people who died in a tragic plane crash near the Payette River in Idaho on Tuesday.

Steadham, aged 67, along with another unidentified man, was on board a small aircraft that struck a power line before plunging into the frigid river, located west of Montour and northeast of Emmett, shortly before 11 am on Tuesday, according to information from the Gem County Sheriff's Office and KBOI 2 News.

Deputies arrived at the scene around 10:58 a.m. and discovered that both passengers of the plane had sustained fatal injuries, as stated by the Sheriff's Office.

"For the past decade, Roland Steadham guided people through storm after storm in Idaho," as...