A pilot and two others were killed when a small plane that departed from Vero Beach crashed into Clearwater mobile home park Thursday evening.
“Yeah, I was just changing my clothes and then suddenly “Boom,” out of nowhere,” a man said.
Just after 7 p.m. Thursday night, a Bonanza V35 plane crashed at the Bayside Waters mobile home park in Clearwater. The pilot and two people on the ground were killed, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday.
Neighbors said they ran outside to help after the crash.
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3 killed after plane that departed Vero Beach crashes into mobile home
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“By the time I got out the door it exploded,” one neighbor said.
Clearwater Police Chief Eric Gandy said the aircraft had taken off earlier in the day from Vero Beach.
“All indications are the airplane departed here last evening sometime,” Vero Beach Regional Airport Director Todd Scher said.
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