By Cameron McWhirter And Ryan Tracy
NOKESVILLE, Va.--An American mother and daughter from Virginia
were among passengers killed when a German Airbus A320 crashed in
the French Alps on Tuesday.
The U.S. State Department said Yvonne Selke and her daughter
Emily, from Nokesville, died in the crash that killed 150.
Ms. Selke was a defense contractor employed by government
consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. "Booz Allen and our employees
are mourning the sudden and shocking death of Yvonne Selke, an
employee of nearly 23 years, and her daughter, Emily, in the
Germanwings airliner crash in the French Alps this week," the
company said in a statement. "Yvonne was a wonderful co-worker and
a dedicated employee."
The State Department said there was a third U.S. victim on the
ill-fated Germanwings flight, but it didn't identify that
person.
Ms. Selke, who was in her 50s, worked at the Pentagon's National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency as a contractor, according to the
company.
Drexel University in Philadelphia, from where daughter Emily was
graduated in 2013, also confirmed the two were killed. The younger
Ms. Selke was a music industry major.
The university's chapter of Gamma Sigma Sigma sorority posted a
statement on its Facebook page that the chapter mourned the loss of
the two women. "As a person and friend, Emily always put others
before herself and cared deeply for all those in her life," it
said.
Calls to the Selke home were answered by a man who said the
family had no comment.
On Wednesday afternoon, reporters and television crews gathered
outside the Selke home, a large two-story residence at the end of a
long driveway on a wooded suburban street in Nokesville, which is
part of Prince William County and about an hour south of
Washington.
One neighbor said the family had asked her not to speak to the
press to preserve their privacy. "I've known them for 20 years.
They are wonderful, wonderful, people," she said. "It's just
horrible."
The airplane was flying from Barcelona to Düsseldorf when it
crashed, leaving no survivors.
Write to Cameron McWhirter at cameron.mcwhirter@wsj.com and Ryan
Tracy at ryan.tracy@wsj.com
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