LAFAYETTE, La. — Three people were killed Tuesday when a small plane crashed in a pasture near a Family Dollar off Gloria Switch Road in Carencro, authorities said.

Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sgt. Chris Cormier said deputies were called to the scene around 11:03 a.m. after a witness reported an aircraft circling before crashing near a roundabout at Gloria Switch Road and Louisiana Highway 93 near Carenco, Louisiana.

“We’re not releasing [the victims’] information right now out of respect for the family members. The aircraft was a Baron Beechcraft; it’s a small aircraft with two props. That’s pretty much all we have right now,” Cormier said. "What we're doing is we're going to secure the crime scene and uh wait for the Federal Aviation Administration to arrive and cond

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