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Five Killed as Small Plane Crashed near Bakersfield

small planeA small plane crashed in an orchard near Bakersfield, California, on December 19.

The single-engine Piper PA32 aircraft took off from Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose, to Henderson Executive Airport, Las Vegas, when disappeared from the radar and went down.

There were five members of a Gilroy, California, family aboard the plane at the time of crash; all of them were killed. Their identities have not yet been released.

The accident is being investigated.