Originally Posted by
treadigraph
Left wing looks pretty mangled, I'd think he might have hit the trees while trying to get it down on the highway - that grass area might have looked like a terribly short but possibly safer bet than landing into oncoming traffic or putting down anywhere short of the highway.
I saw elsewhere a video of the accident, it was a wide angle shot from about a kilometre away.
There was a bright flash immediately before the ground impact, likely some contact with wires unfortunately.
An entire family wiped out.