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FOUR people died and two others were seriously injured when a light plane crashed near a caravan park while attempting to land in northern NSW last night.
A man, woman and two other adults were found dead inside the wreckage of a six-seat, single-engine Cessna near Moree Airport shortly after 8pm.
The Cessna, which had flown from Brisbane, crashed in a paddock on Blueberry Road, Moree, two kilometres from the airport, and about 100 metres from Gwydir Caravan Park. Witnesses told police it had clipped a tree before crashing upside-down.
Police remain at the scene of a light-plane crash which left four people dead at Moree last night.
Shortly after 8pm, emergency services were called to a paddock on Blueberry Road near Moree Airport following reports the single engine plane with six people on board had crashed.
The Cessna crashed on approach to Moree Airport following a flight from Brewarrina. Early information suggesting the plane had flown from Brisbane was incorrect.
Local police, paramedics and officers from the NSW Fire Brigades and Rural Fire Service attended the crash site.
Two men and a woman, aged their 60s, and a woman, aged in her 20s, were found dead inside the wreckage.
A man, aged in his 40s and a 12-year-old girl, were taken to Moree Hospital with a range of critical injuries.