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A terrifying plane crash occurred Thursday night in Westchester County, New Yorkwhen a small aircraft crashed on a major freeway a few miles outside of Manhattan.
From the fall of the aircraft, one person was killed while another is hospitalized with serious injuries. The New York authorities rushed to the scene trying to remove the debris and fuel that had been spilled all over the freeway.
The accident happened around 7pm, bringing traffic to a standstill and queues of kilometers. Video from the scene showed the wreckage of the white plane on the guardrail as firefighters tried to clear the wreckage to allow traffic to flow again.
It is noted that the Department of Environmental Protection arrived in the area trying to effectively deal with the fuel leak before it reached the adjacent forest.
PLANE CRASH: Here’s the scene just outside Westchester County airport. One person is dead, another is in critical condition #breaking @News12CT#BREAKING pic.twitter.com/RV0PX0ECzK
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Authorities are continuing their investigations to determine the cause of the crash.
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