https://www.newsweek.com/plane-crash-coral-springs-florida-today-11022941(no frequency coverage on Miami Dep when he departed KFXE, the BSO found the location with ATC help. Looks like the plane was headed to Jamaica)
By Hollie Silverman
Deputy Weekend Editor
Emergency crews are responding to a plane crash in Coral Springs, Florida Monday morning.
The plane, a Beechcraft King Air twin-turboprop, left the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport at 10:14 a.m. headed to Jamaica for relief efforts following Hurricane Melissa, a spokesperson from the Airport told CBS News.
Coral Springs Police said in a post on Facebook that both the police and fire department are on the scene of an active investigation on Creekside Drive.
No information about possible injuries or fatalities was immediately available.The aircraft, described as a small plane, clipped the top of a palm tree and destroyed a residential fence before coming to rest in a pond at the back of the affected property, local news outlet WFLA reported.
A staging area has been set up as emergency crews continue their response, the police department said in the post.
Creekside Drive is closed as the investigation and response to the crash continue, the city said in a post.
