A small turboprop plane bound for Jamaica on a hurricane relief mission crashed into a pond in a residential neighborhood in Coral Springs on Monday morning, minutes after takeoff from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, authorities said.

In an update at 4 p.m., police announced that two people had died in the incident, although it has not been confirmed if they had been on the plane or on the ground.

It wasn't immediately known how many persons were aboard. Aerial TV footage from local media outlets showed a broken fence in the backyard of one home bordering the pond near where the plane went down.

Broward County's vibrant Caribbean American community sprung into action to collect relief supplies after Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 hurricane, slammed into Jamaica late last month, le

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