Coroner Names 4 Killed in House in California Plane Crash

Coroner Names 4 Killed in House in California Plane Crash
A National Transportation Safety Board worker takes a photo of an engine that came to rest against a house on Crestknoll Dr. in Yorba Linda, Calif on February 4, 2019. Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP
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YORBA LINDA, Calif.—Authorities on Feb. 6 identified four people, including an 85-year-old man, who were killed on the ground when a small plane broke apart in the air and crashed into a Southern California neighborhood last weekend.

The four victims were in a house that caught fire when parts of the plane rained down onto suburban Yorba Linda, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said.