3 dead after jet crashes into homes in California
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THREE people died and two were injured when a small plane carrying them home from a cheerleading competition crashed into two Southern California homes and sparked a major fire, authorities said.
A husband, wife and three teenagers were on the jet that had just taken off from Riverside Municipal Airport at 4:40pm on Monday bound for San Jose after the weekend cheerleading event at Disneyland when it crashed in the residential neighborhood, Riverside Fire Chief Michael Moore said.
One of the teenagers, a girl, was thrown from a back seat of the plane but suffered only minor injuries, Moore said.
“Upon impact, the plane pretty much split apart, and luckily she was ejected,” he said.
Three witnesses told TV stations the girl crawled from the home asking for help. She was able to talk to firefighters about what had happened as she was taken to Riverside Community Hospital, Moore said.
Firefighters entered one of the burning houses and pulled out another plane passenger, who was unconscious. That victim underwent surgery at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in San Bernardino and was in critical condition, Moore said.
Three bodies, all from the plane, were found in the wreckage of the jet and the homes.
Officials initially said four people died, and that the critically injured victim was a resident of the homes. They later reduced the death toll to three and said all five victims had been on the plane. Moore did not provide the name of the cheerleading competition, but the Jr USA Nationals for girls age 15 and under was held at Disney California Adventure Park over the weekend.
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