Private Plane Loses Power and Crashes Into an SUV Killing One Person and Injuring Five on a Miami Bridge
- One person died and five people were injured after a single-engine Cessna 172 crashed into an SUV on a bridge in Miami, Florida
- The incident took place on Saturday 14 April on 108 Street and Collins Avenue near Haulover Beach
- A video posted on social media showed burning wreckage after the landing went tragically wrong
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One person died and five people were injured after a crash landing went awry and ploughed into an SUV on a bridge in Miami, Florida.
An eye-witness posted a video of the incident showing the Cessna 172 with flames and black smoke billowing from the wreckage.
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A small private plane crashed into an SUV on a busy Miami highway resulting in one person dying and five others injured, Miami CBS reports.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the Cessna 172 lost its engine power and crashed, hitting the SUV, according to NBC Miami.
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The female driver and her two children in the SUV suffered minor injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital, Jalopnik reports.
A video of the burning wreckage was posted on social media and be seen below:
SA truck driver dozes off behind the wheel and causes massive crash, shows dangers of suppressing fatigue
A shocking clip recording on a truck's dash-cam captures the moment the driver falls asleep and topples off his seat, losing control of the truck, Briefly News reports.
The viral clip of the incident, which took place in 2021, caught the attention of social media users who commented that the driver either suffered a seizure or had major fatigue.
Research on South African roads has indicated that driver fatigue plays a role in as many as 20% of accidents and 25% to 30% in fatal crashes. The clip was posted by SA Trucker who indicated a time stamp on the dash-cam footage that shows it took place last year. The driver quickly loses control of the truck and appears to pass out, with fatigue being a possible reason.
Source: Briefly News
