Crime & Safety
3 Injured In San Diego County Plane Crash
The plane crashed in El Cajon after leaving a nearby airport.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA -- A plane crashed Sunday morning in El Cajon after taking off at Gillespie Field. The crash was reported around 10 a.m. at a parking lot near the airport on Gillespie Way and Weld Boulevard, El Cajon police said.
The plane struck a light pole and ended up against a fence between two buildings leaking fuel caught fire, and the wreckage became engulfed in flames, according to Heartland Fire and Rescue.
Three people aboard the plane were transported to a nearby hospital, NBC San Diego reported.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
--City News Service contributed to this report/Photo via Shutterstock
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#BreakingNews A plane crashed shortly after taking off from Gillespie Field in #ElCajon 3 men were in the plane and are currently being treated in the hospital pic.twitter.com/0Y1X5C7Njh
— Ramon Galindo (@RamonGalindoNBC) December 17, 2017
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