5 killed when plane crashes near busy mall in Southern California

The wreckage of a small plane that crashed in Orange County, California.
(Image credit: Eddie Ponsdomenech/PonsMedia via AP)

Five people were killed on Sunday afternoon when their twin-engine Cessna crashed into a parking lot in Santa Ana, California.

The victims have not yet been identified. Orange County Fire Capt. Tony Bommarito said the plane was headed to Santa Ana's John Wayne Airport from Concord, northeast of San Francisco, when the pilot declared an emergency. The plane crashed outside of a Staples, not far from the busy South Coast Plaza mall, hitting an unoccupied car. No one in the parking lot was injured.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.