BREAKING: Plane Crashes In San Diego Neighborhood

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<p>EL CAJON, Calif. – A small jet plane crashed Monday night in a neighborhood in unincorporated El Cajon, authorities with the California Highway Patrol and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. The crash happened about 7:15 p.m. in the area of Pepper Drive and North 2nd Street, located to the east of SR-67 and to the north of Interstate 8. Not much is yet known about the plane or the circumstances of the crash, but the sheriff’s officials say it was on the flight path to Gillespie Field in El Cajon. “There are unknown injuries at this time,” the sheriff’s department said in a tweet. Officials also say debris from the crash took down several power lines in the area. Authorities are asking travelers to avoid the area near Pepper Drive from Mollison Avenue east to Pepper Hill Drive as a result of the “developing situation. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been notified of the crash and will handle the investigation, deputies said.</p>