A small plane has crashed on a motorway in the US state of New Jersey, aviation officials have said.
The aircraft went down on Interstate 287 at the town of Harding in the north of the state, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters.
Policeman Christopher Kay told the Associated Press news agency there was a report of three possible deaths.
TV news helicopter footage showed wreckage strewn across the motorway, which is closed in both directions.
One witness, Shona Sternberg, said she was about three cars away at the time of the crash.
She told the
Star-Ledger of Newark newspaper that there was an explosion as the aircraft went down.
"Something was breaking off the plane as it was coming down," she said. "It was coming down fast. It looked like the right wing was breaking off."
Interstate 287 is a heavily used motorway that wraps around the New York City area.