A plane crash was recorded this Friday in Philadelphiathe largest city in Pennsylvania, in the United States. A small plane crashed in the Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue area, a residential area of the northeast of that city.
The Philadelphia police reported preliminary that two people were traveling on the plane. According to CBS News, it is not clear “if they managed to eject or escape.” That medium also reports that “there are several wounded on land”, without specifying how many.
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The accident caused an explosion, as evidenced in different videos that circulate on social networks. The ABC6 channel, which reports “several dead”, indicates that the plane crashed near a crossing avenues in the largest city of Pennsylvania, and that it may have collided against several buildings and vehicles.
Police sources told CBS News that parts of the plane hit the vehicles in the area.
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“Incident major near Cottman and Bustleton avenues in the northeast of Philadelphia, in front of the Roosevelt Shopping Center. Closed roads in the area, including parts of the Roosevelt Boulevard. Avoid the area,” said the emergency management office in X.
At the moment, it is not clear what the accident caused. The local press points out that it is not clear where it came from and where the plane was heading.
The local press reports that several houses are on fire in the Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard area after the accident. Some businesses near the Roosevelt shopping center are affected by fire.
The area where the accident was recorded is a densely residential neighborhood and full of rows of townhouses.
News in development.
