- A small plane crashed into the parking lot of a post office in Louisiana shortly after takeoff on Saturday, killing five people and fully engulfing a car on the ground in flames, authorities said. A blackened car sat in the post office parking lot, which was carpeted with scattered tree limbs. The aircraft was an eight-passenger plane, Lafayette Fire Chief Robert Benoit told KLFY-TV. He said he ran out and saw black smoke and flames from the post office parking lot and downed power lines. Kevin Jackson told KLFY-TV he heard a “massive explosion” and saw a “big old ball of flame” when the plane crashed.

Source: thestar December 28, 2019 17:17 UTC