Two are dead after a small 10-seater commuter plane crashes into Ohio car dealership

Two are dead after a small commuter plane that can carry up to ten passengers crashed into an Ohio car dealership on Tuesday morning.  

The pilot of the 1974 Beechcraft King Air E90 aircraft and a passenger died after the plane crashed into a car lot located at 1000 Pike Street in Marietta. The airplane, owned by Intel Management, was en route from Columbus, Ohio to Parkersburg, West Virginia before it went down about 20 minutes after take-off at 7am. 

The crash appears to be between the Pioneer Buick GMC car lot and the Hensler’s County Market. Eight cars at the dealership were on fire and remains of the plane could be seen by bystanders. 

‘I literally just watched this plane crash,’ Latoya Rashcelle wrote on Facebook along with a video of the crash site. ‘It was going through the sky…  then did a bunch of flips and fell straight to the ground.’ 

No injuries were reported on the ground. It is unknown how many people were on the plane. 

A small plane crashed into a car dealership in Ohio on Tuesday morning. (Pictured: A man can be seen coming from around the fire 

The crash appears to behind a car lot and the Hensler’s County Market 

A Beechcraft 90 airplane heading to West Virginia crashed into the car lot. Pictured: a similar plane to the one that crashed 

Commuters are asked to avoid the SR 7 between I-77 and Browns Road as the scene clears. Officers and fire departments from Reno and Williamstown are at the crash site.  

Marietta has a population of about 13,385 people and is located in southeastern Ohio – roughly 105 miles of Columbus and above the boarder of West Virginia. 

The investigation is ongoing. 

The Beechcraft 90 airplane was traveling from Ohio to West Virginia. It crashed about 20-minutes after taking off

Officers and fire departments from Reno and Williamstown are at the crash site. Pictured: fire fighters attempting to put out the blaze