Five Dead As Plane ‘traveling At High Speed’ Crashes Near Austin

Five group person died aft a mini level collapsed adjacent Austin successful Texas connected Thursday night.

The wreck occurred successful Wimberley, a metropolis astir 40 miles southwest of Austin, according to Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra.

Becerra said nan plane, a Cessna 421C, was flying astatine a precocious complaint of velocity erstwhile it went down astir 11 p.m.

The identities of nan victims person not yet been released pending notification of their families.

“Based connected existent findings, location is nary denotation of a mid-air collision. A 2nd craft walking successful nan vicinity landed safely successful New Braunfels,” Becerra wrote.

The Federal Aviation Administration and nan National Transportation Safety Board person been informed and will lead nan investigation into nan crash.

Wimberley has a organization of astir 3,000 and is simply a celebrated tourer and hiking destination successful nan Texas Hill Country adjacent to nan Blanco River.