A plane crashed into a New York home Saturday, killing one resident and one person on the aircraft and causing a massive fire, state police said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is to determine why the Cessna 303 plunged at about 4:30 p.m. in the rural town of Union Vale, 15 miles (24 kilometers) southeast of Poughkeepsie.
State police spokesman Steven Nevel said three men were on the plane; one died and two were injured. Of three people in the home, one died, another was seriously hurt and the third is missing.
Two golden retriever puppies and a grown Newfoundland dog escaped the flames that engulfed the house on Union Vale''s South Smith Street. The names of the victims were not being released until family members were notified, the state police spokesman said.