A minimum of six individuals had been injured, two severely, when a small plane crashed onto a freeway bridge and caught hearth north of Miami Saturday afternoon, in line with experiences from native media.
The aircraft went down on the Haulover Inlet Bridge on the northern finish of Biscayne Bay in Miami Dade County, close to Bal Harbour, shortly earlier than 1 p.m., in line with Miami-Dade Hearth Rescue.
The only-engine Cessna 172 with three individuals on board misplaced engine energy after taking off from Fort Lauderdale en path to Key West, ABC Miami reporter Jeff Weinsier tweeted.
A video posted on Twitter confirmed the small aircraft flattened and burning in the course of the roadway, sending up plumes of thick black smoke.
A broken SUV was seen a brief distance away. CBS 4 Miami reported that the aircraft struck the SUV when it landed on the freeway.
Miami-Dade Hearth Rescue advised CBS six individuals had been injured, two severely. One was taken by air rescue to the Ryder Trauma Middle, the opposite to the hospital by ambulance.
It’s not but clear if the 2 had been within the aircraft or the SUV, however that they had burn accidents, in line with NBC-6 South Florida, which might recommend they had been within the aircraft because the SUV didn't catch hearth.
A separate video seems to indicate somebody climbing out of the aircraft after it hit the bottom and operating round to the opposite facet as smoke begins to rise, the place he helped one other man leap from the wreckage.
That second man then fell to the bottom, and bystanders helped transfer him away from the aircraft as the fireplace grew.
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