A single-engine plane crashed into a North Carolina home, killing the pilot and someone inside, authorities said. Another person in the house was seriously hurt.
The civilian plane went down shortly before midnight Thursday in Hope Mills, according to the State Highway Patrol.
The pilot and one occupant of the house died on the scene, while the injured person was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. Their identities weren't immediately released.
Aerial images from news helicopters show a home surrounded by yellow police tape with nearly half its roof smashed in and debris scattered around the residential lot.
The home is in the vicinity of US Highway 301, less than eight kilometres southwest of the Fayetteville Regional Airport. Nearby are several businesses along with homes on other residential streets.
The cause of the crash is under investigation. Troopers and Cumberland County deputies were awaiting federal investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration as of early Friday.
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