Four killed as small planes collide in California

LOS ANGELES: Four people were killed Sunday when a pair of small aircraft collided in southern California near the Mexican border, US media reported.

One of the aircraft was a twin-engine Sabreliner and the other a single-engine Cessna 172.

They crashed near Brown Field Airport in San Diego, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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The crash killed four and caused small brush fires, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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No cause for the crash was known but aviation authorities were investigating.