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Three die in plane crash on New Jersey Interstate 287 Five die in plane crash on New Jersey Interstate 287
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At least three people have died after a small plane crashed on to a motorway in the US state of New Jersey, police say. All five passengers aboard a small plane have died after it crashed on to a busy motorway in the US state of New Jersey, police say.
Up to five lives may have been lost, police lieutenant Stephen Jones told the Associated Press news agency. None of the casualties were motorists. The toll includes three adults and two children; authorities have not confirmed if the group was a family.
The aircraft went down on Interstate 287 at the town of Harding in the north of the state, said aviation officials. The aircraft went down on Interstate 287 by the town of Harding in the north of the state, said aviation officials.
TV news helicopter footage showed wreckage strewn across the motorway, which is closed in both directions. TV news helicopter footage showed wreckage strewn across the motorway, which was closed in both directions.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters said the plane was a single-engine turboprop Socata TBM-700. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesman Jim Peters said the plane was a single-engine turboprop Socata TBM-700.
It had taken off from New Jersey's Teterboro Airport before disappearing from radar, he added. It took off from New Jersey's Teterboro Airport before disappearing from radar, he added.
The aircraft was bound for DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, Georgia.
One witness, Shona Sternberg, said she was about three cars away at the time of the crash.One witness, Shona Sternberg, said she was about three cars away at the time of the crash.
She told the href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/small_plane_crashes_on_i-287_i.html" >Star-Ledger of Newark newspaper that there was an explosion as the aircraft went down. She told the href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/victims_in_i-287_plane_crash_a.html" >Star-Ledger of Newark newspaper that there was an explosion as the aircraft went down.
"Something was breaking off the plane as it was coming down," she said."Something was breaking off the plane as it was coming down," she said.
"It was coming down fast. It looked like the right wing was breaking off.""It was coming down fast. It looked like the right wing was breaking off."
The plane went down near Exit 34, according to the state's accident alert website.The plane went down near Exit 34, according to the state's accident alert website.
Interstate 287 is a busy motorway that wraps around the New York City area.Interstate 287 is a busy motorway that wraps around the New York City area.