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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A small plane crashed in Grand Prairie Monday, Dec. 21 around 2:50 p.m. killing the two people onboard.
The aircraft crashed along the SH 360 service road Near Mayfield Road.
The victims’ identities are not being released yet.
Small plane crash in Grand Prairie (Chopper 11)
First responders from Grand Prairie and Arlington rushed to the scene within minutes.
The plane was on fire when they got there.
Grand Prairie Fire Chief Robert Fite said the plane, based out of Denton, took off from the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport at 2:45 p.m.
Grand Prairie Fire Chief Robert Fite (CBS 11)
Witnesses said the plane it a telephone pole, then hit a truck and came to rest in a Sonic parking lot where it caught fire.
Chief Fite said firefighters extinguished it quickly.
Smoke from the small plane crash a few blocks away.
The person in the truck was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.
The Federal Aviation Administration arrived on the scene and is leading the investigation.
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