A small plane carrying two people crash-landed on Friday morning at Los Altos Golf Course in Albuquerque, New Mexico, killing one person and seriously injuring another, authorities said.
Twelve fire rescue units responded to the scene, providing medical treatment, triage, and transport. Rescue crews extracted both individuals from the wreck and took them to the University of New Mexico Hospital.
By late Friday, officials confirmed to local news reporters that one person had died as a result of the crash. The identity of the victim was not released, and the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
NTD News contacted Albuquerque Fire Rescue for additional information but received no response prior to publication.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed in a statement to NTD that a Columbia LC-41 had crashed around 12:10 p.m. local time on Friday with two people on board. A spokesperson said the National Transportation Safety Board will be in charge of the investigation and provide further updates.
Fire officials said it was not immediately clear what led to the plane’s sudden descent onto the golf course, which sits near Lomas Boulevard and Interstate 40 in the city’s northeast corridor.
“None whatsoever. I live about a quarter of a mile away over there at Los Altos Towers and didn’t hear a thing,” said resident Paul Laub, who only realized something had happened after spotting rescue crews.
Others visiting the golf course said they had found entrances blocked and the fairways emptied. “Yeah, I’m here to golf with my dad, and showed up and then saw all this, you know, activity and then noticed that right there,” said Bryan O’Neil, gesturing toward the scene of the wreck.
The golf course was closed indefinitely following the crash.
Two days before that, three people were injured when a training plane went down in a north Phoenix neighborhood. Last week, deadly crashes occurred in Northern California and Nevada.