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Small plane crashes on southern Texas highway
AP News • • nation
Key Points:
- A Cessna Citation Latitude business jet crashed and caught fire on Loop 20 highway in Laredo, Texas, Tuesday night, resulting in one fatality and causing chaos as bystanders tried to rescue those inside.
- The plane had six people onboard and had departed from Los Cabos International Airport in Mexico; it crashed shortly after 10 p.m., with the cause of the crash still unknown.
- Eyewitnesses reported seeing people inside the plane attempting to break the cockpit window while others outside tried to help, with some passengers escaping before emergency responders arrived.
- Five police officers were treated for smoke inhalation, but no ground injuries were immediately reported; it remains unclear if the fatality was a passenger or someone on the ground.
- NetJets, the aircraft operator and a Berkshire Hathaway company, confirmed involvement and is cooperating with authorities investigating the incident.
