4 People Dead In California Plane crash

Four people were killed and two were injured on Monday when a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in Riverside, California, authorities said. The Cessna 310 crashed about a half-mile northeast of the Riverside Municipal Airport, according to Ian Gregor, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman. It had departed from Riverside en route to San Jose. Riverside Fire Chief Michael Moore said the plane, which had five people on board, split apart when it hit two homes, which reportedly had residents.

Investigators were still searching for three to five people at the wreckage site, which continued to burn hours after the crash. One passenger, a teenager was ejected from the plane, Moore said. She was being treated at the Riverside Community Hospital for minor injuries.

Firefighters also pulled an unconscious, female resident from the scene. She was in surgery at the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton and remains in critical condition, Moore said on Monday night.

Of the four fatalities, "to the best of our knowledge, one person on the ground is dead," Moore said.

The passengers on the plane appeared to be a family, who had been in Southern California for a cheerleading competition at Disneyland, and were heading back to San Jose, he said.

A man, woman and three teenagers were aboard the plane.

"It's horrible, coupled together that they were going to a cheer competition," Moore said. "This is supposedly a happy time and then just to have a tragic incident like this, and into one of these Riverside residence, it's really a sad case for us."