AN air traffic controller has been named as the casualty in a fiery plane crash on a Miami bridge on Saturday afternoon that left five others hurt.
Horrific pictures captured the fiery collision with a maroon SUV in Haulover Park after the plane plunged into the bridge.
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The National Air Traffic Controllers Association confirmed 36-year-old Narciso Torres was aboard the small plane when it crashed and collided with the vehicle on the Haulover Inlet Bridge.
According to the Miami Herald, the union did not know if he was the pilot or a passenger but said he was a longtime air traffic controller.
NBC Miami reported Torres served as NATCA’s local facility representative at Miami International Airport since October 2019.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said two other people on board suffered traumatic injuries and were transported to local trauma centers.
MDFR also said three others sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a Miami area hospital.
A Miami-Dade Police Department spokesperson says no further updates will be available until Monday and the condition of the two others on the plane is unknown.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the single-engine Cessna 172 lost engine power and crashed on the bridge at about 1pm local time.
The plane departed from Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale International Airport en route to Key West.
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The Cessna carrying Torres and two others was traveling northbound and hit the SUV with three people inside traveling southbound before catching fire, according to a statement from the Miami-Dade Police Department.
CNN reports the occupants of the SUV were a woman with two toddlers.
The aircraft broke into pieces when it crashed. Multiple eyewitnesses report seeing flames and dark plumes of smoke rising above the aircraft.
The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA are investigating. No cause has so far been released.
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