DELAND, Fla. (AP) Authorities say a small plane has crashed into a central Florida shopping center, and reports indicated at least five people have been injured.
The Volusia County Sheriff's Office reports that several people at the Northgate Shopping Center in Deland called 911 around 7:20 p.m. Monday about the crash. They described seeing the plane sputter, hit the building and burst into flames not far from Deland Municipal Airport.
The sheriff's office reports a pilot and a passenger aboard were airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Separately, The Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/HE0d4a) said emergency workers reported at least fi ve people were injured, two of them with burns. A News-Journal photographer at the scene said the plane appeared to have crashed into the roof of a Publix chain supermarket.
Immediate details remained sketchy.
Deland is about 40 miles north of Orlando.
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