Authorities confirmed Wednesday afternoon that one person has died in a small plane crash near the Modesto Airport.
The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office Twitter account initially posted about the crash at 1:48 p.m. Wednesday, saying that emergency crews were at the scene of a small airplane that crashed into a field near the Modesto Airport.
The tweet noted that traffic on the nearby Mitchell Road Bridge was delayed due to emergency vehicles. Shortly after 2 p.m., the sheriff provided an update, saying that the sole occupant of the plane had died in the crash of the twin-engine Cessna 414. The person was pronounced dead at the scene.Plane crash update: Only one person was on the plane at the time of the crash. That occupant was pronounced deceased at the scene.
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