Former Senator Ted Stevens killed--or was he?

Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has reportedly been killed in a plane crash while on a hunting trip. Nine people were aboard the small plane and initial reports say only four of those survived.

Reports of Stevens' death may be premature as no one is quite certain who survived and who did not. However, Twitter users are passing along a story picked up by a local television news station that Stevens has been killed.

@REUTERSFLASH Former U.S. senator Ted Stevens killed in Alaska plane crash -- local TV, quoting family friend

@cnnhotnews : Former Senator Ted Stevens in Alaska Plane Crash http://cnnbreakingnews.org/former-senator-ted-stevens-in-alaska-plane-crash.html

@pearcenalaska been watching this to get confirm RT @tar_ball:"Former aide reports Ted Stevens killed in plane crash http://bit.ly/cnTevk" /via @dailykos

@Billyorbit @TedStevens #Ted Stevens #SenatorStevens, you can;t hide from #Karma. You should have been sitting in a jail cell. #Karma Got you..

@jumpthesnark Source of report of Ted Stevens' death now says it has not been confirmed. http://bit.ly/9xK0Tb

@kcrc Ted Stevens was in a plane crash? Perhaps this is a conspiracy to get Sarah Palin into the Senate.

@laurabess Reports from AK friends... Rip Ted Stevens

@lbr218 RIP Ted Stevens

@paulspyder So in a best-case scenario, Ted Stevens is living the movie 'Alive' right now?

@EY6 P Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens in plane crashOfficials say that the former senator may have been on a plane that crashed in a remote...

@stanimal13 Conflicting Reports on Ted Stevens' Condition "Source who said Sen. Stevens had died tells msnbc.com the info he received was not confirmed"