One Person Killed in Plane Crash in Corona
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 12-16-23, 11:50 a.m.
LOCATION: Palos Verde Drive and Auburndale Street
AREA/CITY: Corona
DETAILS:
**UPDATE** Per Corona Fire Department Facebook Page
The Corona Fire Department is on the scene of an aircraft down with a vegetation fire at Auburndale and Rincon. Multiple units are responding. Please avoid the area while crews are working.
*Update 12:03 pm*
The vegetation fire has been knocked down. CFD reports of 1 single engine plane down and checking on injuries. Auburndale will be closed between Rincon and Palos Verde Dr until further notice.
*Update 12:04 pm*
Confirmed 1 deceased person in the plane.
*Update 12:18 pm*
Multiple CFD units are being released. CFD and CPD will remain on the scene. The area will remain closed for some time.
- Corona Police Department, Corona Fire Department, and Cal Fire, Riverside County, responded to reports of a tree fire.
- Soon after, they began receiving reports of an airplane down in the same area.
- When units arrived on the scene, they found one small airplane in a tree and on fire.
- Firefighters quickly got the fire out.
- At least one person in the aircraft was pronounced deceased.
- The cause of the accident is unknown.
- The number of bodies on the plane is unknown.
- The make of the plane is unknown.
HANDLING AGENCIES: Corona Police Department, FAA
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