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One dead after plane crashes, flips on its roof

The crash happened Saturday afternoon.
Credit: St. Lucie County Fire District
One person died and one survived after a plane crash at the Treasure Coast International Airport.

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — One person was killed in a plane crash at an airport in St. Lucie County.

Deputies responded to the crash at 1:20 p.m. Saturday and found the plane on its roof with two people trapped inside at the Treasure Coast International Airport, according to a Facebook post from the St. Lucie County Fire District

Crews extracted the two people from the twin-engine Piper Aircraft. One was taken to a local hospital and the other died on the scene.

The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, according to an X post by the agency.

No other information was immediately available.

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