Breaking News: Two people feared dead after light aircraft crashes into Essex Field
- Two people believed dead after small plane crashes in rural Essex
- Fire crews from around the county rush to crash scene near Chelmsford
- Police are still trying to track down the two suspected victims' next of kin
- Fire crews say they wreckage was 'completely alight' when they arrived
Two people are thought to have been killed after a light aircraft crashed into a field in a rural area, police said.
Emergency services were alerted to a major incident just before 3pm that a plane had gone down in a field near the A414 outside Chelmsford in Essex.
A spokeswoman said: 'A plane came down down in a field near the A414 in Essex, causing a fire which the fire brigade was able to put out.
'We suspect there will be fatalities because it is a light aircraft believed to have been carrying two people aboard.'
The spokeswoman said that officers were in the process of locating and informing next of kin.
Firefighters from nearby Chelmsford, Colchester and Maldon are believed to have attended the scene.
The aircraft was 'completely alight' when firefighters arrived at the scene near the village of Cooksmill Green, Essex Fire and Rescue Service said.
A spokesman said: 'On arrival the incident commander reported that the plane was completely alight.
'Crews used foam and had extinguished the fire by 3.55pm.'
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