3 dead after plane crashes in Maryland during flight from Ocean City, New Jersey, police say

Three men died after a plane that took off from Ocean City, New Jersey, crashed in Maryland Saturday night, police said. 

A single-engine Piper Cherokee with a pilot and two passengers on board crashed around 11:30 p.m. Saturday in Prince George's County, Maryland State Police said. The flight was headed to Montgomery County Air Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland, according to police.

Public safety officials in the county got an alert about the crash around 11:45 p.m., prompting a search by several local fire and police departments, police said.

Police found the plane on Sunday morning near a residential area off Scarlett Oak Court in Bowie, Maryland. The victims were pronounced dead at the scene.

State police identified the victims Monday as 26-year-old Yoav Bomrind of Israel, 19-year-old David Rabinovitz of Israel and 20-year-old Elad Neidik of Canada. Bomrind was the pilot, according to state police.

Investigators believe the aircraft belongs to a local flight school in Montgomery County, Maryland, and say the people might have been on a training flight. 

The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are also investigating.