2 People Die After Small Plane Crashes into Car and Bursts into Flames in South Fla. Neighborhood

Mar. 16, 2025

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Two people have died due to a small plane crash in Pembroke Pines, Fla., on Monday afternoon.

Preliminary investigations found that the plane — which was a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft — crashed shortly after departure from the North Perry Airport around 3 p.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration tells PEOPLE.

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The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will continue to investigate, the agency said.

The conditions of the adult and child who were injured were not immediately know, according to local news reports.

Pembroke Pines Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Additional aerial footage of the accident fromWPLGshowed the wreckage in flames up against an airport fence as firefighters sprayed it down.

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“We heard a tremendous noise and we went out and everybody was on fire, everything was bad,” Annabelle Fernandez said. “It got to the car. It was a mother with her kid and we don’t know what happened to them. The fire rescue came and they got them.”

source: people.com