Crime & Safety
2 Dead, 1 Missing After Hudson Valley Plane Crash
At least two people are dead after a Long Island-bound plane crashed into a home Saturday afternoon.
UNION VALE, NY — At least two people were killed and another is still unaccounted for after a small plane carrying three people crashed into a Union Vale home around 4:15 p.m. Saturday. Two people on the plane survived the crash.
The home contained three people, according to a Poughkeepsie Journal report: one person inside was killed, another was severely injured and the third remains missing.
The home on South Smith Road, about 15 miles east of Poughkeepsie, was fully engulfed in the flames after the crash. Three dogs inside the home were able to escape, PIX 11 reported.
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The Cessna 303 plane had departed Orange County Airport and made a refueling stop at Sky Acres Airport in LaGrangeville, NBC reported. The plane, then bound for Republic Airport in Farmingdale on Long Island, crashed about a mile from the runway after taking off from Sky Acres.
"We pray for all those involved in the plane crash that occurred this afternoon in Union Vale," Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro said on his Facebook page.
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Plane crashes into home in Union Vale, NY. No word on condition of those aboard the plane or the condition of the occupants inside the home. Awaiting briefing from State Police. @NBCNewYork pic.twitter.com/aHtcXV2X1v
— Ken Buffa (@KenBuffa) August 17, 2019
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