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Small Plane Crash Close to Boca Raton Airport Kills Three

Emergency personnel respond to the area where a small plane crashed on the railroad tracks beneath the overpass near Interstate 95 in Boca Raton, Florida, on April 11.

Photographer: Marta Lavandier/AP Photo

A small plane crashed close to the airport in Boca Raton, Florida, killing three, the latest in a string of incidents that have raised concerns over US aviation safety.

The Boca Raton police confirmed the deaths in a social media post that said one person on the ground was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.