Two people were killed after a small plane crashed Monday into a lake in a residential area outside of Miami, according to police.
The Beechcraft King Air plane departed from Fort Lauderdale at 10:14 a.m. E.T. headed toward Jamaica as part of relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, according to a spokesperson for the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. The spokesperson could not provide NBC News with information regarding those on board the aircraft.
The aircraft went down in Coral Springs, apparently damaging part of a home’s backyard fence before crashing into a small lake, NBC South Florida reported. Officials said no one on the ground appeared to be injured by the crash…