Cargo plane crashes near Toledo airport, 2 killed

Officials believed that the plane had travelled from Laredo, Texas, and stopped outside Memphis, Tennessee, on Tuesday before heading to Ohio. No further details were immediately available about the people who died or the plane's owner.

Toledo: Authorities say two people are dead after a cargo plane approaching an Ohio airport crashed and burst into flames as it hit several unoccupied vehicles.

No other injuries were reported from the crash early on Wednesday at an auto repair shop just east of the Toledo Express Airport.

Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority's spokeswoman Kayla Lewandowski said that the two people who died were aboard the Convair 440.

The port authority's manager of airline affairs, Joe Rotterdam said that officials can't yet confirm whether any distress call was made from the aircraft.

Rotterdam said that officials believe the plane had travelled from Laredo, Texas, and stopped outside Memphis, Tennessee, on Tuesday before heading to Ohio.

They said no further details were immediately available about the people who died or the plane's owner.