Pilot of small plane killed in Kern County crash

By Leila MillerStaff Writer

July 24, 2020 10:58 PM PT

The pilot of small airplane was killed in a crash in Kern County on Friday, officials said.

According to the Kern County Fire Department, emergency personnel responded in the late morning to reports that a plane had crashed into a building outside the Tehachapi Municipal Airport. The single-engine plane was leaking fuel and still hanging from the roof of the building.

No other injuries were reported and the cause of the crash was not immediately released.

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Leila Miller

Leila Miller is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining the newspaper in 2018, she was a reporting fellow at PBS’s “Frontline.” Originally from Los Angeles, Miller is a graduate of Oberlin College and Columbia University’s School of Journalism. She is fluent in Spanish.

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