Plane crashes near California racetrack during NHRA Finals, hitting cars, injuring 3: officials

A single-engine level crashed astatine a California racing installation connected Sunday, injuring astatine slightest 3 radical and interrupting a drag racing competition.

The clang was reported astatine the Pomona Dragstrip soon aft 11 a.m. connected Sunday. The venue was hosting the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Drag Racing finals astatine the time.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department reported the incidental connected X, noting that astatine slightest 3 radical received "moderate to terrible injuries."

"At 11:10 AM #LACoFD units responded to a azygous motor level down," the societal media station states. "3 passengers transported to section country hospitals with mean to terrible injuries."

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At slightest 3 radical were injured successful a level clang adjacent the Ponoma Dragstrip successful California connected Sunday. (JerryJordan_KTT via X)

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed the plane crash to Fox News Digital, noting that the craft deed 2 vehicles connected its mode down.

"A single-engine Piper PA-32 crashed adjacent La Verne, California, around 11:40 a.m. local clip connected Sunday, Nov. 17," the FAA said. "The craft struck 2 vehicles."

"The fig of radical connected committee is unknown," the connection added. "The FAA volition investigate."

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Officials said the craft deed 2 vehicles. (JerryJordan_KTT via X)

Pictures from the country amusement respective archetypal responders moving adjacent the plane. The level crushed a achromatic motortruck during the crash, and the damaged conveyance was conscionable a fewer feet distant from the wrecked plane.

The racing finals were paused arsenic a effect of the incident, but the NHRA aboriginal said connected Facebook that racing resumed astatine 1 p.m. section time.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Los Angeles County Fire Department for much information.

The clang interrupted the NHRA finals, which aboriginal resumed. (Mighty Mack via YouTube)

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Authorities are investigating the incident. No further details are known astatine this time.

Pomona is astir 30 miles eastbound of Los Angeles.