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At approximately 6 p.m. a small plane crashed into a residence at 25 Bridle Path in Plainville. As a result of the plane crash the house immediately caught fire. The four occupants of the single family home were able to get out of the building before it became fully engulfed in flames. The three occupants of the plane were killed in the crash. Their identities are not being released pending notification of next of kin.
Troopers from the State Police Barracks in Foxboro responded to the scene with the Plainville Police and Fire Departments. The Plainville Fire Department extinguished the blaze at approximately 8:05 p.m. Investigators from the NTSB and FAA have been dispatched to the location. Troopers from the Norfolk County State Police Detective Unit,the State Police Crime Scene Services Unit, the State Fire Marshall’s Office, the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the Troop H Headquarters also responded to the scene to assist in the investigation.
