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| Two killed in light aircraft crash in Leicestershire | Two killed in light aircraft crash in Leicestershire |
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| Two people were killed when a light aircraft crashed into a field in Leicestershire, police have confirmed. | Two people were killed when a light aircraft crashed into a field in Leicestershire, police have confirmed. |
| The plane came down close to a farm outside Wymeswold, near Loughborough, shortly before 20:00 BST on Wednesday. | The plane came down close to a farm outside Wymeswold, near Loughborough, shortly before 20:00 BST on Wednesday. |
| Officers said the pilot and a passenger died in the crash and that immediate family had been told. | |
| Police and the Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) are working together to establish the cause of the crash. | Police and the Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) are working together to establish the cause of the crash. |
| Schoolgirl Emily Dunne, who lives close to the crash site, said: "I was just watching telly and I just saw a man running down screaming in absolute terror, screaming, bashing on my windows and there were no full sentences. | |
| "It was just 'help, ambulance, blood' and we called the ambulance and he ran off down the field with the phone. | |
| "The next minute there were ambulances, fire engines, police cars all coming in, there were helicopters." | |
| A spokeswoman for East Midlands Ambulance Service said the crash was reported to it at 19:48 and several ambulances were sent to the scene. |