By Don Sweeney
The Charlotte Observer
CONCORD, Calif. 鈥� A private plane crash into a busy San Francisco Bay Area intersection killed one person, California firefighters reported.
The crash, involving a , took place at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, in Concord, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
The pilot, who was the , died in the crash, the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said in a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter.
The plane also struck a vehicle, firefighters said. The driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
The crash occurred near Buchanan Field Airport, the FAA said.
鈥淚t had from the airport,鈥� Battalion Chief Kevin Platt told KGO. 鈥淚鈥檝e heard conflicting reports that it was doing touch-and-gos or had taken off several times already, I don鈥檛 know. But this time it had just taken off and it took what was reported to us as an abrupt nosedive.鈥�
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.
Concord is about 30 miles northeast of San Francisco.
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