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Plane crash kills 1 on freeway where it once landed safely
Emergency personnel investigate the scene of plane crash, Saturday, April 2, 2016 in Fallbrook, killing a woman in the ve- in San Diego County near
Calif. A small plane crashed on a Southern California freeway Saturday and struck a car, killing hicle. Fallbrook. The driver of the
one person and injuring five others, authorities said. Five others, including the car had pulled over to syn-
pilot and his passenger, chronize the Bluetooth de-
(Don Boomer/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP) were injured in the crash vice on his phone, Parent
on a stretch of Interstate 15 said.
BRIAN MELLEY plane that made headlines way years ago crashed on that has been the scene of The impact crumpled the
several emergency land- back of the car, fatally
Associated Press when it landed safely on the same stretch of road, ings. crushing Antoinette Is-
Witnesses said the single- belle, 38, of San Diego in
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A small a Southern California free- slamming into a car and engine plane appeared to the back seat and injuring
be having problems before three others in the vehicle,
it banked and came down authorities said.
Saturday, California High- “The plane went com-
way Patrol Officer Chris pletely into the trunk and
Parent said. One man said pushed the rear bumper
he didn’t hear the plane’s almost into the rear pas-
engine as it passed over- senger seat,” said John
head. Buchanan, spokesman for
The Lancair IV landed on the North County Fire Pro-
its belly and skidded about tection District.
250 feet before striking the Pilot Dennis Hogge, 62, and
rear of a black Nissan Al- his female passenger suf-
tima that was stopped on fered major injuries, Parent
the shoulder of the road said. q
Amtrak hospitals with injuries that
weren’t considered life-
Continued from Front threatening.
The National Transporta-
Schumer said it’s unclear tion Safety Board was in-
whether the backhoe was vestigating. Officials with
performing regular main- the Federal Railroad Ad-
tenance, which is usu- ministration were also sent
ally scheduled on Sunday to the scene, said Matthew
mornings because there Lehner, a spokesman for
are fewer trains on the the agency.
tracks, or whether it was Service on the Northeast
clearing debris from high Corridor between New
winds in the area over- York and Philadelphia is
night. But he said Amtrak operating after an earlier
has “a 20-step protocol” suspension. Limited service
for having backhoes on was restored between
the track, and no trains are Wilmington, Delaware,
supposed to go on a track and Philadelphia on Sun-
where such equipment is day afternoon.
present. Ari Ne’eman, a disability
“Clearly this seems very rights activist heading to
likely to be human error,” Washington after speaking
Schumer said, calling for at an event in New York,
Amtrak to review its pro- said he was in the second
cesses. “There is virtually no car at the time of the crash.
excuse for a backhoe to “The car started shaking
be on an active track.” wildly, there was a smell
A message left with Am- of smoke, it looked like
trak officials has yet to be there was a small fire and
returned. then the window across
Thomas and Amtrak of- from us blew out,” said
ficials said more than 30 Ne’eman, 28, of Silver
people were taken to Spring, Maryland. q
