Two dead, 18 injured in US plane crash

Tragedy struck as two people died while 18 others were injured after a small plane crashed into a commercial building in southern California, USA.

According to a Fullerton Police Department  post on X on Thursday afternoon, ten people were taken to hospital with injuries while eight others were treated for injuries and released at the scene.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane, a single-engine Van’s RV-10 crashed at 14:15PST (20:15GMT),

Although officials have  not provided no further details about how the crash occurred, Congressman Lou Correa, who represents the area of Orange County, about 25 miles (40km) south of Los Angeles, said that the affected building was a furniture manufacturing business.

He said said that at least a dozen of the victims are factory workers.

The area where the plane crashed was said to  near the Fullerton Municipal Airport, about 6 miles (10 kilometers) from Disneyland.