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At least two people were killed after a small plane crashed into multiple homes and vehiclesin a suburban Southern California neighborhood Monday, officials said.
The crash happened shortly after noon in the city of Santee, about 20 miles northeast of downtown San Diego, Fire Chief John Garlow told USA TODAY.
The plane, a twin engine Cessna 340, struck several homes and multiple vehicles, including aUPS truck, Garlow said. Three homes had “major damage” and two were completely burned, he said.
At least two people died, and more victims were possible, Deputy Fire Chief Justin Matsushita told reporters.
“It’s a pretty brutal scene,” Matsushita said.
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Earlier, two people were taken to the hospital with burn wounds, Garlow said. It was not immediately clear if they were the two people who died.
It was not immediately clear if the driver of the UPS truck was hit in the crash, officials said.
It was also unclear whether anyone was inside the damaged homes, Garlow said. The sheriff’s department was checking inside nearby homes, too, he said.
Jennifer Ward told USA TODAY she was sitting at home watching a movie when she felt the house shake.
“I thought a tree fell on my house, and then I ran outside and saw all the black smoke,” Ward said. The plane crashed one street over from her. Ward said she drives down the road “several times a day.”
Breaking News 10/11/2021: At approximately 12:00 pm today, a small twin engine plane crashed into two residential homes in Santee, at the corner of Jeremy Street and Greencastle. A delivery truck and a fire hydrant were also struck. It is unknown at this time how many pic.twitter.com/GG0pxtnq16
— City of Santee (@CityofSantee) October 11, 2021
The plane crashed between Ward’s house and nearby Santana High School. Students at Santana temporarily went into secure locations and were later released.
“All the kids at the school were really scared because they didn’t know what was going on, and the school was shaking, too,” said Ward, whose 15-year-old son attends Santana.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board were investigating.
The American Red Cross of Southern California set up a temporary evacuation center at a nearby YMCA.
Santee has seen other plane crashes in recent years, Garlow said. A crash in a commercial area in 2015 killed a pilot, he said. Another crash 10 years ago in a residential area also killed a pilot, he said.
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