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At least five people were killed with a twin-engine plane with six people on board crashed in Louisiana on Saturday morning, local media reported.
The plane crashed in a parking lot near a Walmart and U.S. Post Office building in Lafayette, at the intersection of Verot School Road and Feu Follet.
A twin-engine plane with 6 people on board crashed in Lafayette, Louisiana.
(Acadian News)
Lafayette Fire Chief Robert Benoit confirmed to KLFY that there were five fatalities at the scene.
Acadian Ambulance said on Twitter that they transported two patients to local hospitals from the crash. Their conditions were not immediately known.
Lafayette Police Lt. Scott Morgan told Fox News the incident took place at 9:22 a.m. local time.
A view of the burnt wreckage of a plane crash near Feu Follet Road and Verot School Road in Lafayette, La., Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019. Authorities confirmed the accident but details on whether anyone was injured was not immediately known.
(The Lafayette Advertiser via AP)
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Local media reported eyewitnesses saying the plane may have hit a powerline before the crash. The impact blew out some of the windows of the post office.
The plane crashed near a Walmart and U.S. Post Office at the intersection of Verot School Road and Feu Follet.
(Acadian News)
“I was right outside before the crash,” local resident Kevin Jackson told KLFY. “I noticed (the plane) was low and smoking like hell. It shook my trailer.”
He added: “I knew something was bad. I went in my house, and all you heard was this massive explosion.”
Eyewitnesses said the plane may have hit a powerline before the crash. The impact blew out some of the windows of the post office.
(Acadian News)
KATC reported that the Walmart store on Pinhook Road was closed and evacuated. All businesses and nearby neighborhoods were without power after the crash.
Federal investigators are en route to the scene.
Fallen tree limbs cover the ground near the site of a plane crash near Feu Follet Road and Verot School Road in Lafayette, La., Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019. Authorities confirmed the accident but details on whether anyone was injured were not immediately known.
(The Lafayette Advertiser via AP)
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It was not immediately known if there was a distress call from the plane before the crash.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
