One dead after small plane crashes in Riverside County
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One person was killed in a plane crash Tuesday evening in the Riverside County community of Banning, fire officials said.
The incident was reported just before 6:30 p.m. south of the 10 Freeway near Hargrave Street and Malki Road.
A CalFire/Riverside County Fire Department map showed the incident location marked near the Banning Municipal Airport.
The small, unidentified plane reportedly caught fire and started a quarter-acre vegetation fire that was contained.
“The crash involved a single engine aircraft and 1 occupant perished in the incident,” Riverside County fire officials said in tweet.
The incident is under investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and Federal Aviation Administration.
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