A vintage small plane crashed onto the 101 in Agoura Hills on Tuesday afternoon, shutting down the freeway in both directions, authorities said.
Los Angeles County firefighters arrived at the crash site near Liberty Canyon Road about 1:50 p.m. According to spokeswoman Vanessa Lozano, the plane crashed “in the middle of the freeway.”
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No injuries were reported. Los Angeles County Fire spokesman Marvin Lim said he did not know whether the pilot was able to safely exit the plane himself or had been removed by rescuers.
Images tweeted by drivers on the freeway showed the vintage airplane in flames, emitting a black cloud of smoke. Firefighters put out the flames about 2:15 p.m., officials said. Fire officials were waiting for National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration investigators to arrive, Lozano said.
This post will be updated as more information becomes available.
3 p.m.: This article has been updated with more details.
This article originally published at 2:20 p.m.