kingbunky 3 #1 July 4, 2002 not skydiving related but: from cnn... SAN DIMAS, California (CNN) -- One person died Thursday and at least 10 were injured, including two children, when a small plane plowed into a lake beside a suburban Los Angeles park, skipped onto land and crashed into a crowd, officials said. Six people, including the children, were in critical condition, said Capt. Mark Savage of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The children were taken from the scene in cardiac arrest, an L.A. fire official said. The person who died was one of two people aboard the twin-engine Cessna 310, an FAA official said. The FAA official said the tower at Pomona Bracket Airport, where the plane had just taken off, received a distress call from the pilot saying the plane was unable to climb. Shortly thereafter, the plane crashed into Puddingstone Lake before jumping into the park, the official said. Puddingstone Lake Park is near Raging Waters theme park about 45 miles east of Los Angeles. Capt. Russ Collins, a spokesman for the San Dimas Police Department, said a call came in at 12:49 p.m. local time (3:49 p.m. ET) that a plane was down on the east shore of the lake. Collins said personnel from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, deputies from the San Dimas sheriff's station, and Los Angeles County Park Police were at the scene."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
