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| Two killed in 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, who are local, died in the crash and that 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. |
| 'Too late' | |
| Billy Dunne lives closest to the crash scene and said the plane was unrecognisable because of the damage. | |
| He said: "Some young lad came running over the fields, very upset and he couldn't speak to me. | |
| "I ran down after him to try and help. There was nothing anyone could do, it was too late. | |
| "It wasn't nice what I saw. The young lad came back and I tried to keep him calm." | |
| He said the roof had been ripped off the aircraft and the front had been folded. | |
| "It was frightening, a mess. Very bad," he said. | |
| Mr Dunne's young daughter Emily was also at home when the crash happened. | |
| She 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. | "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." | "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. | 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. |