TOMBALL, Texas — At least one person was killed and two others were wounded when a single-engine plane crashed in Texas, authorities said.
DPS Troopers and @HCSOTexas are at the scene of the plane crash at 8500 Monterrey Pine Place in Tomball.
— TxDPS - Southeast Texas Region (@TxDPSSoutheast) September 1, 2022
Three passengers in the plane have been transported for treatment.
PIO will brief the media at the scene this evening. #hounews pic.twitter.com/qAifGJFUNG
According to KHOU-TV and KRIV-TV, the incident occurred shortly after 5 p.m. CDT Thursday on Monterrey Pine Place in Tomball. The Texas Department of Public Safety said a Cirrus SR22 plane headed to David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport lost power and struck a tree as it crash-landed between two mobile homes.
Two men and a woman were on board the plane at the time of the crash, the news outlets reported. Crews rushed them to a nearby hospital, where one man died, according to KRIV. Authorities have not released the names of the victims.
The aircraft had taken off from a Tennessee airport before refueling in Louisiana, authorities told the news outlets.
The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation into the crash, KHOU reported.
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