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Five die as planes collide over Denver
DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- Authorities discovered a fifth person dead Saturday in the debris from one of two small planes that collided Friday over Denver, Colorado. The smaller of the aircraft slammed into a home after the collision and exploded. The fifth body was found in the back seat of a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, said Fire Department spokesman Larry Trujillo. The single-engine plane hit a home on Moncrieff Road in a northwest Denver neighborhood and burst into flames. Two other people also died who were aboard the Cessna. A larger, twin-engine Piper Cheyenne landed almost intact a few blocks south in the back yard of another home. Two people were killed in that plane, Trujillo said. The Cessna was en route from Centennial Airport in Denver to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the Piper was flying from Broomfield to Centennial Airport when they plummeted to the ground early Friday evening. Several people on the ground were treated for minor injuries and released. One witness said he saw one of the planes spinning and coming in upside down, before slamming into the ground. "It was horrifying. I've never seen anything like this," he said. Emergency crews cordoned off the area after a concern about a leaking gas line, a police spokesman said. The area remains cordoned off, and residents are asked to contact police if they find any plane debris. "We have no clues as to how this happened," said Denver Police spokeswoman Virginia Lopez. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were at the scene trying to determine the cause of the collision.
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