SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) - A small plane crashed Tuesday near South Lake Tahoe, killing one person on board and leaving another with major injuries, authorities said.
The single-engine Cessna crashed shortly before 3:30 p.m. in a wooded area in uninincorporated Meyers about two miles southwest of Lake Tahoe Airport, officials said.
The blue-and-white plane was found crumpled and upside down near trees near Rainbow Road and Highway 89, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office.
The injured person was taken to a hospital in Reno, Nevada.
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