Small plane crashes into neighborhood in U.S. San Diego, 2 killed, 8 injured

At least two people were killed and eight others were injured after a small plane crashed into a neighborhood in U.S. southwestern city of San Diego early Thursday morning, authorities said, Xinhua reported.

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 The San Diego Police Department said in a post on X that the crash also damaged around 10 buildings in the neighborhood.

Local officials confirmed that the small plane, a Cessna jet, crashed into the Murphy Canyon neighborhood just before 4 a.m. local time.

The crash sparked fires in multiple residences and vehicles, Dan Eddy, assistant chief of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, told the media.

In late April, a small police plane crashed near the shore of Thailand's resort town of Hua Hin, killing six people.