One person was killed and two others were injured after a small plane crashed into a neighborhood on Long Island.
According to ABC7 New York, the plane crashed near 5th Street and North Wellwood Avenue in Lindenhurst around 3 p.m. Sunday while on approach to Republic Airport in Farmingdale.
Shortly after 3pm, North Lindenhurst Fire Dept, Republic Airport Rescue Firefighting, and East Farmingdale Volunteer Fire Company Inc. began receiving reports of a plane crash.
Initial transmissions stated the plane and several boats were on fire and there were multiple patients.
Engines 1-5-1 and 1-5-6 assisted in extinguishing the fire while First Responder 1-5-80 and Ambulance 1-5-8 assisted in treating the two patients who would eventually be transported by Suffolk County Police Department helicopter to Stony Brook University Medical Center center with severe injuries.
The FAA says the plane took off from Republic Airport around 2:18 p.m. for sightseeing.
A short time later, the pilot issued a mayday signal and said there was smoke in the cockpit.
The aircraft then turned back toward the airport to make an emergency landing, but instead it crashed in the street -- approximately 300 feet south of the LIRR tracks.
The East Farmingdale Volunteer Fire Company Inc. shared images on their Facebook page.
