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Video captures huge fireball as small plane crashes near busy road

An image from video showing a fireball trailing a small plane that crashed near a busy boulevard in Mukilteo, Washington, on Tuesday, May 2, 2017.
An image from video showing a fireball trailing a small plane that crashed near a busy boulevard in Mukilteo, Washington, on Tuesday, May 2, 2017.

Drivers on a busy boulevard in Washington state got front-row seats to a dramatic, fiery landing by a small plane.

Incredibly, no one was seriously injured by the crash, which happened Tuesday afternoon in Mukilteo, north of Seattle, according to the Seattle Times.

In the video, the single-engine plane can be been clipping a power line and a traffic light as it crosses over the boulevard, leaving a trail of flame behind it.

The single-engine plane crashed shortly after taking off from a nearby airport. Several cars were damaged.

This story was originally published May 3, 2017 at 9:51 AM with the headline "Video captures huge fireball as small plane crashes near busy road."

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