Two dead after light plane crash alongside NSW highway
Mark Morri The Daily Telegraph November 09, 2012 10:58AM
TWO people have died after a plane exploded when it crash landed near a highway in northern NSW this morning.
A witness to the crash said the plane, suspected to be a Cessna, narrowly missed hitting a car before bursting into flames on impact with a nearby paddock.
Police confirmed the crash occurred near Lismore. Early reports are the light plane made an attempted landing on a highway.
"We know there has been an accident involving an aircraft," a police spokesman said this morning.
"At the moment police are on the way scene now so information is a bit sketchy."
The plane crashed near the Bruxner Highway near south Gundurimba about 10.15am.
There is a nearby airstrip used by light planes in the area.
More details to come...