A small plane appears to have crashed into a lake behind a home in the gated Windsor Bay community in Coral Springs Monday morning, officials have confirmed.
Emergency crews were called to the 5000 block of Northwest 57th Way, where witnesses told dispatchers of a small plane flying dangerously low.
Mike Moser, deputy chief of Coral Springs Fire Rescue, said it’s not yet known how large the plane is or how many passengers were on board.
“Our team has conducted a preliminary dive, but no victims have been found,” he said.
Initial aerial photos showed a damaged fence behind a home and a small oil slick on the lake.
Chris Howes, who lives in a home along Creekside Terrace, said she heard what she thought sounded like “rapid acceleration” and then a boom.
“The noise just didn’t fit anything I’d heard before,” she said.
She thought perhaps it was a car crash or an accident with a landscaping crew. When she came out and saw the hordes of police and fire rescue crews as well as the helicopters, she knew it was something more.
Zane Smith, who lives in The Arbors community near Windsor Bay, heard a loud boom.
Smith said he and his business partner thought a bomb went off. His business partner’s glass fell as what felt like a shock wave reverberated through the home.
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