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Small plane crashes in Monmouth County; five killed

WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A small plane trying to land broke apart and tore through a snowy field next to a runway yesterday, killing all five people aboard, including a teenager and a child, and scattering debris over 200 feet.

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WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A small plane trying to land broke apart and tore through a snowy field next to a runway yesterday, killing all five people aboard, including a teenager and a child, and scattering debris over 200 feet.

The crash was reported at 3:45 p.m. at Monmouth Executive Airport, about 35 miles east of Trenton, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters.

Capt. Tim Clayton said the victims were three men, a teenager, and a young child. Their names were not immediately released, but Clayton said at least three were related. Two were from New Jersey, he said. - AP

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