BOGOTA, Oct 17 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – At least one child was killed and five adults were injured, in a plane accident in northern Colombia, local authorities said yesterday.
The accident occurred around 11:00 a.m. local time (1600 GMT), when a small plane went off the runway at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in the city of Santa Marta, Magdalena department.
A child, about two years old, who was not on the aircraft was killed by the plane, as it crashed through the airport fence and hit a tree, the commander of the Santa Marta Metropolitan Police, Colonel Adriana Paz, told local media.
“We also have five people who were (injured while) being moved or transported by the plane,” she said.– NNN-PRENSA LATINA
