(CNN) A small plane crashed Saturday near a California highway, killing the pilot, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. ET) east of the 14 Freeway near Santa Clarita. The pilot was the only person aboard the aircraft and died in the crash, the sheriff's department said. A woman who was hiking in the area at the time told CNN affiliate KTLA she saw the plane clip a tree and crash near the freeway. "The next thing we saw was a big black cloud of smoke," Courtney Gonzales told KTLA.

Source: CNN January 05, 2020 00:22 UTC