A medevac jet crashed in Philadelphia near Roosevelt Mall, killing all six people onboard, including a pediatric patient and her mother, and one person on the ground. 22 others were injured, some by debris. The crash ignited a massive explosion, setting several homes on fire.
In the footage, a man is seen leaving his house when a fireball — which is the plane — appears in the night sky behind him. It hits the ground and violently explodes, sending the residents fleeing.
Ring doorbell camera video of the Plane crash in Philadelphia near Roosevelt Mall at Cottman and the Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia. The crash ignited a massive explosion, setting several homes on fire.The aircraft has been identified as a medevac jet that was carrying a pediatric patient and her mother. All six people onboard were killed as well as a person on the ground who was in a car.
Footage taken from inside a Four Seasons Diner shows people ducking for cover; one man was struck on the head by a piece of debris inside the restaurant on Cottman Avenue which is roughly a quarter mile away from the crash site.#PhiladelphiaPlanecrash I spoke with employees at the Four Seasons diner where they say an object broke a glass window and hit a customer. More onthat the debris shot through the diner and struck the man on his head. While it caused a nasty gash he is reportedly okay.
“He was OK, but I mean he was bleeding. A lot of bleeding on his head. Just shocking,” Paul Pul, who works at the diner, tellsRaw footage taken from a news helicopter shows the devastation on the ground when day broke on Saturday. The footage reveals the massive crater the doomed plane left behind as well as burnt-out cars.
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