Plane With Six Aboard Crashes Into Backyard in Utah City

A small plane with six aboard crashed into a backyard in a residential section of a city in Utah on Saturday afternoon, sending a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, an official said.

The official, Officer Jennifer Worthen, a spokeswoman for the West Jordan Police Department, said the crash had caused “multiple injuries and possible casualties,” but she did not provide specifics at a news conference.

She said the plane had crashed into the backyards of two homes and had damaged three houses in West Jordan, which is about 15 miles south of Salt Lake City. The authorities responded to a call about the crash around 1:40 p.m. local time.

One person who was in one of the homes at the time was injured, Officer Worthen said. Several people were airlifted to nearby hospitals.