Two people died Saturday after their single-engine plane crash-landed subsequent to a busy restaurant in central Illinois, officers mentioned.
The plane crashed at about 12:30 p.m. on Route 116 in Hanna Metropolis, about 180 miles south of Chicago.
Peoria County officers mentioned the person and girl on board, who haven’t but been recognized, had been killed and autopsies will likely be carried out Monday, based on The Peoria Star Journal.
The plane hit a number of buildings earlier than sputtering to the bottom and coming to a cease on a roadway subsequent to a restaurant filled with a Saturday lunch crowd, the newspaper reported. Nobody else was instantly reported as injured.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board mentioned that it was investigating the crash of the Mooney M20K plane.
