Three dead, multiple people fighting for life after plane crashes into US home
Three people, including a nine-month-old, are dead and multiple people injured after a small plane crashed in a Utah suburb on Saturday, US authorities have said.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, a Piper PA-32 with six people on board had taken off from South Valley Regional Airport and crashed into a West Jordan backyard in Salt Lake City.
A nine-month-old, the pilot and a woman died, while a woman is in critical condition and a two-year-old is in stable condition, West Jordan police said on Twitter.
The wreckage of the smashed and burnt-out plane in the backyard of the West Jordan home. Weekend Today
Another child was treated and released, police said.
An older woman who was inside the house when the plane struck is in critical condition, police said.
The crash caused at least one home to catch on fire, and a total of three homes were damaged.
The crash ingited a huge fire at the property, injuring one person inside the home. Weekend Today
Firefighters extinguished the blaze, but not before much of the home was burnt to the ground. Weekend Today
Footage of the scene shows the burnt-out shell of the aircraft in the backyard as the worst-affected home stands in ruins, the framework all that remains standing on one side of the building.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
Reported with The Associated Press.
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