Eleven people have died after a civilian aircraft carrying a group of skydivers crashed on Sunday in Tomblaine, near Nancy in France, as per Reuters.
The victims are believed to include five instructors, five students and the pilot, according to Le Parisien. Emergency services rushed to the scene as authorities worked to assess the situation.
The plane crashed near houses, on a grassy area alongside a road. “The accident happened around 11 am,” a witness told the French daily L’Est Républicain. “I was driving by on my way to do my shopping at Auchan when I saw it dive and crash.”
Representatives from the prosecutor’s office, the police and the emergency medical service (SAMU) are expected to provide further details.
Police have asked the public to avoid the area around Salvador Allende Street, asking people not to travel to the site so emergency responders and law enforcement can access the crash scene without obstruction.
The cause of the crash remains unknown.
More details are awaited.
