1 dead after small plane crash in SE New Mexico

One person has died after a small plane crash in southeast New Mexico Friday morning.
Officer Dusty Francisco, a New Mexico State Police spokesman, said around 11:46 a.m. State Police officers and Eddy County Sheriff’s deputies were called after an airplane “struck an unknown tower and crashed near Burton Flat Road, northeast of Carlsbad.”
He said the crash was fatal and one person died. He did not identify the person.
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