MIAMI — Just one human being was killed and five many others ended up wounded, which includes two toddlers, when a modest aircraft crash-landed on a bridge in the vicinity of Haulover Park on Saturday afternoon, striking a automobile and bursting into flames, authorities reported.
At all around 1 p.m., the solitary-engine Cessna 172 shed motor power and landed on the Haulover Inlet Bridge, the Federal Aviation Administration stated. The aircraft took off from Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale Intercontinental Airport with a few folks on board headed for Critical West Worldwide Airport.
A female and two toddlers were being in a car or truck driving on the bridge when the airplane built the emergency landing, Miami-Dade police said. The aircraft and car or truck collided in a head-on collision, flipping the airplane and creating it to engulf in flames. Another vehicle was clipped in the crash.
When Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived, two of three plane passengers ended up presently outside the house of the plane. Following firefighters place out the blaze, they uncovered a man or woman lifeless inside of the airplane, law enforcement said.
The girl and little ones ended up in superior, steady issue on Saturday and were taken to Mount Sinai Professional medical Centre as a precaution. Just one person was airlifted to Ryder Trauma Center and their problem is mysterious, law enforcement stated. One more human being was taken to Aventura Clinic.
Social media video exhibits the aircraft on the bridge, which spans the inlet where by Biscayne Bay flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The bridge is just north of Bal Harbour, Surfside and Miami Seashore, and south of Haulover Park and Sunny Isles Seashore.
On the bridge, the airplane caught hearth and broke up. A minivan sat greatly weakened around the airplane.
The FAA and the Countrywide Transportation Security Board will be investigating the crash.
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