5 New Jersey residents killed in small plane crash in South Carolina
EAST ORANGE, N.J. -- Five New Jersey residents were killed when a small plane crashed in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Sunday.
Officials say the plane went down about a minute after taking off late Sunday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The victims have been identified as: 66-year-old Caldwell resident Dr. Joseph Farnese, who was flying the plane; 32-year-old East Orange resident Tanique Cheu; Cheu's 7-year-old son, Sean Gardner; 42-year-old East Orange resident Suzette Coleman-Edwards, and Coleman-Edwards' 17-year-old child, Odaycia Edwards.
Farnese, Cheu, Sean and Odaycia all died at the scene. Coleman-Edwards was taken to a local medical center, where she later died.
Cheu's landlords spoke to CBS New York.
"Sean used to be up here all the time. Sean with my little boy, playing and things like that. And when we got the news, oh my God, it was shocking," Frankie Scipio said.
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts. It really hurts," Winnie McFadden-Scipio said.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
