Thursday, June 18, 2026 - One person has di£d and five were left injured when a small business jet carrying six people crashed onto a highway in Texas.
The NetsJet-operated Cessna Citation Latitude jet had left
San José del Cabo, Mexico, heading towards Austin, Texas, when it
diverted towards Laredo on Tuesday, June 16.
The plane appeared to have lost contact with air traffic
control before it crashed onto a highway around three miles from Laredo
International Airport.
After experiencing an apparent mechanical failure, the plane
hit a moving car on the roadway. Other drivers on the highway found the plane
broken in half and tipped over, on fire.
Footage showed two people with a sledgehammer and shovel
which they used to break the cockpit glass window and open the plane’s
door.
"It looked like part of a movie. I was in shock,"
Zayra Garza, who came upon the accident, told KARK.
She said three people who looked like teenagers rushed out of the plane,
along with someone who appeared to be a pilot.
One person is de@d, and the other five passengers are injured, police
said. The injured were transferred to a local hospital.
Laredo Police Public Information Officer Jose Baeza told CNN:
"Regrettably and tragically, there is one deceased involved in this
crash."
Five police officers responding to the crash were also rushed to the
hospital for injuries sustained during the rescue operation, he added.
See video below.
Small Plane Crashes On Texas highway Near Laredo Killing At Least One pic.twitter.com/idreahRZva
— JustinFREAKIN (@MrJustinFREAKIN) June 17, 2026
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