KEY POINTS

  • The plane's wing hit the ground first before colliding with the car
  • The collision occurred near Southwest 72nd Avenue and Southwest 13th Street in Pembroke Pines
  • A total of five crashes have occured in the city since last year

Three people, including a child, were killed, and another seriously injured after a single-engine plane crashed into an SUV on a roadway in South Florida on Monday.

Fire Chief Marcellino Rodriguez told CNN that the two flight passengers were on board the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza plane that crashed shortly after take-off from the North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, a city in Southwest Broward County.

Witnesses told him that the wing hit the ground first before colliding with the car. A woman and a boy who were in the SUV were transported to a hospital in serious condition, according to Rodriguez. The child was stuck inside the car until police and fire rescue arrived, reported USA Today. His mother, who was driving, and in critical condition, was able to free herself from the rubble.

In an update later in the day, the officials updated that the child did not survive.

A local resident captured the crash on a ring doorbell video, told a local CBS station. “We heard like a bomb, like a tremendous noise and everything was on fire and it dived into a car,” Pembroke Pines resident Anabel Fernandez described to the reporter. “I live right here. I walk with my babies every day. The plane could have got us all. I am in shock.”

In a tweet, the Pembroke Pines Police Department announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board agents have arrived on the scene to investigate the collision. The street where the accident occurred, as well as the surrounding streets, have been blocked by police.

Local news WSVN-TV cited that there have been a total of five crashes in the area since last year -- four of which were fatal. On its website, North Perry Airport caters to private and charter flights and has four runways, the longest being 3,350 feet. There are also several North Perry airport flight schools in the area.

An FAA spokesperson said the agency and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.

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