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Small plane crashes on bridge near Miami, striking an SUV

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Six people were injured in the incident.
One person is dead and five others were injured, including two toddlers, when a small plane crash-landed on a bridge near Haulover Park on Saturday afternoon, striking a car and bursting into flames, authorities said. At around 1 p.m., the single-engine Cessna 172 lost engine power and landed on the Haulover Inlet Bridge, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The plane took off from Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale International Airport with three people on board headed for Key West International Airport. A woman and two toddlers were in a car driving on the bridge when the plane made the emergency landing, Miami-Dade police said. The plane and car collided in a head-on collision, flipping the plane and causing it to engulf in flames. Another car was clipped in the crash. When Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived, two of three plane passengers were already outside of the aircraft. After firefighters put out the blaze, they found a person dead inside the plane, police said.

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