Plane crash in California leaves at least two dead, eighteen injured
California: At least two people were killed and 18 were injured when a small plane crashed into a commercial building in Southern California on Thursday afternoon.
Police got a report around 2:10 p.m. of a crash in the Orange County city of Fullerton. Kristy Wells, spokesperson for the Fullerton Police Department, told the Associated Press that emergency crews, including firefighters and police, arrived to fight a blaze that had ignited at the scene. Nearby businesses were evacuated too. The fire caused damage to a warehouse, which appeared to house sewing machines and textile stock.
She mentioned that injuries ranged from minor to severe, adding that ten people were taken to the hospital and eight were treated on scene. There were two confirmed deaths.
Local television footage and images captured plumes of smoke billowing from the building.
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It was not immediately known how many people were on the plane or whether those injured were inside the aircraft or on the ground.
The aircraft involved was a Van’s RV-10, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which stated it is investigating the crash with the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Three company directors held in Rs 100-crore investment fraud in Kochi
Kochi (Kerala) (PTI): Police on Sunday arrested three directors of a firm accused of cheating hundreds of investors of over Rs 100 crore through a fake investment scheme linked to agricultural tourism here, officials said.
The accused were identified as Muraleedharan, Ashik Murali and Akhil Murali, all natives of Thrissur.
The arrests were made by the Kalamassery police in connection with a fraud involving ATCOS (Agri Tourism Cooperative Society), a firm headquartered at Pathadipalam here.
Police said the company had promised high returns by collecting investments from the public in the agricultural tourism sector, but allegedly cheated hundreds of people and fled with the money.
ATCOS was registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act and operated 13 branches across various districts in Kerala, besides a branch in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, officials said.
When investors failed to receive their promised returns or the invested amount, complaints were filed with the police.
Officials said around 54 cases have been registered against the firm in 32 police stations across the state, including 29 cases at the Kalamassery police station alone.
Following instructions from Kochi City Police Commissioner K S Mahesh Kumar, a special investigation team was formed under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Shehensha and Thrikkakara ACP Manoj Kumar.
The team traced the accused to an apartment in Amala Nagar in Thrissur, where they had been hiding after secretly renting the flat, officials said.
The bank accounts of the accused have been frozen, and steps have been initiated to trace their assets, officials said.
Police also conducted a raid at the company’s office at Pathadipalam and seized several documents related to the case.
The accused were produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Kalamassery, which remanded them to judicial custody and sent them to Kakkanad jail.
Police said they would seek the custody of the accused for further interrogation as the investigation continues.
