A Union County native was among those killed in the D.C. plane crash, officials said while offering condolences.

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,

The director of 16-year-old Spencer Lane’s skating club said he was known for being, “very fun, very cerebral, a good thinker.”