Small plane crashes outside home in Temple City neighborhood

A small plane crashed into the backyard of a home in Southern California's San Gabriel Valley Monday morning. The crash occurred just before 8 a.m. in the 4900 block of Arden Drive in Temple City, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
A small plane crashed into the yard of a home in Temple City just before 8 a.m. Monday, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. (KTLA-TV)

A small airplane crashed outside a home in Temple City early Monday, fire officials said.

Los Angeles County firefighters responded about 8 a.m. to reports that a single-engine plane crashed in a neighborhood in the 4900 block of Arden Drive in Temple City.

The plane crashed into some greenery outside a home, but did not hit any structures, said Luis Garcia, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

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Firefighters are assessing two people who were inside the plane for injuries, Garcia said. Further information about their conditions was not immediately available.

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TV news footage from the scene shows a plane wedged between a cluster of trees and a house. It is not clear what caused the plane to crash.

The crash in Temple City comes days after a small plane crashed into a commercial building in Fullerton, killing two people and injuring 18 others.

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