TRUCKEE, California — Two people were killed Saturday evening when a small plane crashed in a California town near the Nevada state line, police said.
A single-engine plane crashed shortly after 6:30 p.m. Saturday while attempting to land at Truckee Tahoe Airport, Truckee police said in a social media post.
Two deaths were confirmed, but it was not immediately known how many people were on board the plane, police said.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration will begin investigating the accident on Sunday, police said.
Truckee is located 32 miles southwest of Reno, Nevada.