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The twin-engine Piper PA-31 propeller aircraft crashed into three cars on the road and split into two, injuring four people.
The pilot was the only crew aboard the plane when it crashed and is undergoing evaluation. (AP)
A twin-engine propeller plane crashed onto a Texas highway on Wednesday and split into two parts, damaging cars and injuring at least four people in the process, according to authorities.
The aircraft crashed on the State Highway Loop 463 in southern Texas’s Victoria at around 3 pm, hitting three cars and splitting into two, leaving debris on the runway, according to NBC News. Videos shared on social media showed the plane flying very low before landing on a street.
Three people had non-life-threatening injuries after the crash and the fourth was taken to another facility for a higher level of care, police said. “We are glad that it wasn’t worse than what it is. This is not something we see every day. But we are glad that people seem to be OK, and they are getting checked out,” said Deputy Police Chief Eline Moya.
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The plane was a twin-engine Piper PA-31, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), adding that only the pilot was on board during the accident. The pilot was being evaluated, said Victoria Police. The FAA said it would investigate the crash.
Tony Poynor said he was approaching an intersection when he started hearing the sound of a small plane engine very close to him. “To the left of me you start seeing on the wall a shadow of this plane. Then it passed over the top of my truck. And it’s still horizontal at this point, then about a quarter of a mile in front of me it starts to wobble,” he told the Associated Press, adding that the pilot was conscious after the crash but he was unable to get him out.
This came days after Steve Mensch, the president and general manager of studio operations at Tyler Perry Studios, died in a plane crash on Friday.
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