1 Dead After Small Plane Crashes, Catches Fire in Connecticut: Officials

— -- A small plane has crashed in Connecticut, killing one passenger, according to police and fire officials.

The other passenger on board was also taken to an area hospital, said Jason Bak of Ambulance Service -- Manchester. The extent of the passenger's injuries was unclear.

The Piper PA 34 aircraft, went down at about 3:40 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The plane was on its final approach to land at Hartford-Brainard Airport when it crashed.

The plane was destroyed, and it took some telephone poles down when it crashed, said Lt. Timothy Juergens, media contact for the communications center for the East Hartford Police and Fire Departments. As of 4 p.m. today, the fire had not yet been extinguished, he added.

The passenger who was taken to the hospital was identified as the pilot, according to ABC affiliate WTNH in New Haven. The plane missed a van with a mother and her children inside by inches, clipping an electrical pole and cartwheeling down Main Street before it came to a stop, WTNH reported. About 520 people have been left without power as a result of the crash.

Video posted to Twitter shows flames and smoke near a parking lot.

Another video shows smoke from the crash billowing into the sky from afar.

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