2 people dead, 1 hurt after plane crashes on Mass. highway during nor’easter

DARTMOUTH, Mass. — Two people were killed and one person was hurt when a plane crashed on a highway in Massachusetts on Monday morning as a nasty fall nor’easter powered through.

Troopers responding to Interstate 195 in Dartmouth around 8:15 a.m. learned a fixed-wing airplane had crashed in the grassy median, according to Massachusetts State Police.

State police said two people on the plane died, while one person on the ground was hospitalized with unknown injuries. Their names haven’t been released.

Both sides of I-195 are closed in both directions at Exit 19.

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MassDOT said the closure was expected to remain in place for “several hours.”

State police said the plane caught fire after impact with the ground.

A preliminary investigation indicated that the pilot may have been attempting to land at a nearby airport, but there was no immediate word on injuries or how many people were on the plane.

“The plane may have been attempting to land at New Bedford Regional Airport, though it does not appear that the pilot provided the airport with a flight plan or the number of souls aboard the aircraft,” state police said in a statement.

Video captured by a Boston 25 photographer showed a slew of emergency responders gathered around the wreckage of the plane. At least one vehicle was also involved in the crash.