Five people were killed when a plane plummeted to the ground near a supermarket in Louisiana.
Footage showed smoke rising from the scene of the crash, in a car park near a Walmart in Lafayette, with flames consuming the craft.
The incident took place at 9.22am local time, while officers told the outlet six people were on board.
A spokesman for the Lafayette Fire Department said that five people had died in the crash, the New York Times reports.
Lafayette Police Lt. Scott Morgan told Fox: “We know it came down in a parking lot.”
He added it had taken off from Lafayette Regional Airport.
Reports have suggested multiple fatalities, with KPEL965 reporting five deaths.
Acadian Ambulance services said its teams took two patients to hospital - though reports suggest one of these was not in the plane but hurt by the crash.
The plane is reported to have hit a car as it smashed to the ground.
Nearby resident Kevin Jackson told KLFY. "I noticed (the plane) was low and smoking like hell. It shook my trailer.
"I knew something was bad. I went in my house, and all you heard was this massive explosion."
Steven Ensminger Jr., the son of the offensive coordinator for the Louisiana State University football team, said his wife, Carley McCord, was on board the flight and died when it crashed. He said the plane was en route to the Peach Bowl playoff game in Atlanta between LSU and Oklahoma.
"I just don't feel like this is real," Mr Ensminger Jr. told the AP in an Instagram message. "I'm praying it's not real."
