A retired Spokane firefighter was killed early Wednesday morning after authorities say he crashed his ultralight airplane on the Snake River. Whitman County Sheriff’s deputies say 64-year-old Ronny F. Weston of Cheney crashed the Solaris 16.8 ultralight aircraft on the Snake River just east of Boyer Park and Marina after taking off from a nearby airstrip at about 6:30 a.m. He died at the scene. An employee of the Lower Granite Dam reportedly told deputies that he saw wreckage of the small aircraft at about 7:15 a.m. on his way to work, according to the news release. The employee said he saw a small portion of the aircraft on the railroad tracks just east of the park.