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Small plane crash in Truckee kills 2 people, police say

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Two people died when a small airplane crashed in Truckee, Calif., near the Nevada state line on Saturday evening, police said.

A single-engine plane crashed while attempting to land at Truckee Tahoe Airport shortly after 6:30 p.m. Saturday, the Truckee Police Department said in a social media post.

Two deaths were confirmed, but it was not immediately known how many people were aboard the plane, police said.

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The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration will begin investigating the crash Sunday, police said.

Truckee is a mountain town about 30 miles southwest of Reno.

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