Update December 19, 2017: The plane had taken off from Gillespie Field when the pilot reported engine trouble. He was trying to return to the airport when the crash occurred. Two of the three men aboard were officers with the Huntington Beach Police Department. The two officers have been released from the hospital, according to the Orange County Register, but the third man remains hospitalized.
East County WIldfire & Emergency Service
Photos by John Sulser
December 17, 2017 (El Cajon) -- A single engine plane has crashed near Gillespie Way and Weld in El Cajon, close to Gillespie Field, El Cajon Police report.
Witnesses report a pilot, copilot and passenger escaped before the plane caught fire and have been transported to a hospital.
ECPC asks that people avoid the area for four hours.
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