2 die in crash of single-engine plane in Southern California neighborhood
The pilot and sole occupant of a single-engine plane died when the aircraft crashed and ended up in the backyard of a home in Simi Valley, California, on Saturday, authorities said.
Two people on a small, single-engine plane died when the the aircraft crashed and ended up in the backyard of a home in California on Saturday, authorities said.
NBC Los Angeles aerial footage of the crash site in the city of Simi Valley, about 42 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, showed a body on the ground, though its connection to the incident was unconfirmed.
Simi Valley police said two people and a dog believed to have been on the plane were killed when it crashed shortly before 2 p.m. It ended up in a residential backyard. No injuries were reported on the ground.
Firefighters work at the site of a plane crash in the Wood Ranch section of Simi Valley, Calif., on Saturday.Mark J. Terrill / AP"The plane hardly exists anymore," police Simi Valley Police Department Senior Officer Casey Nicholson said at the scene. "It's wreckage."
The Ventura County Fire Department said the plane struck two homes, sparking fires, but residents inside each evacuated and were unharmed. The flames were extinguished, but the homes sustained structural damage.
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