By Ted Hayes

Two passengers were killed after the small private plane carrying them crashed on the Route 195 median on the Westport/Dartmouth town line Monday morning.

According to flight tracking data and reports, the two deceased passengers were aboard a Socata TBM 700 that departed New Bedford Regional Airport at 8:10:22 a.m. for a three-hour flight bound for Kenosha, Wi. Online tracking data shows no forward movement or altitude after 8:13:02.

The crash was reported at approximately 8:15 a.m. and police said a passenger in a car that was struck by the plane as it came down was also injured and taken to St. Luke’s Hospital. There was no information released on that person’s condition.

Emergency crews were first called to the scene at about 8:15 a.m. Westport police helped close R

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