{"id":339843,"date":"2026-06-17T14:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/339843\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:04:08","slug":"laredo-plane-crash-near-loop-20-leaves-1-dead-5-injured-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/339843\/","title":{"rendered":"Laredo plane crash near Loop 20 leaves 1 dead, 5 injured in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Laredo<\/p>\n

Laredo plane crash near Loop 20 leaves 1 dead, 5 injured in Texas<\/p>\n

A private jet carrying 6 passengers met a deadly crash onto a Texas highway on Tuesday night, resulting in the death of one person and evoking a major emergency response. <\/p>\n

According to the recent report, five people were also injured in the crash and were transported to local hospitals in stable condition.<\/p>\n

The horrific incident was initially witnessed and captured by bystanders , including two individuals who recorded the aftermath. <\/p>\n

Another video circulating on social media showed the plane flying at a low altitude before suddenly crashing on the opposite side of the highway. Soon after it crashed, the plane erupted in flames. <\/p>\n

The plane struck at least one vehicle during landing. Fortunately, no injuries were reported on the ground.<\/p>\n

Five police officers were treated for smoke inhalation as they inhaled it during the rescue efforts.<\/p>\n

The aircraft was traveling from Los Cabos International Airport, Mexico, to Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

Laredo, TX Mayor Dr. Victor Trevi\u00f1o said in a Wednesday morning statement that \u201cOur thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones affected by the recent private jet crash.\u201d<\/p>\n

The investigation related to the cause of the crash is ongoing. However, the early reports showed that the aircraft was crashed due to a mechanical failure and fuel issues. The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation with the help of the Federal Aviation Administration. <\/p>\n

Trevi\u00f1o also acknowledged the importance of allowing investigators to do their jobs \u201cbefore drawing any conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAviation investigations take time, and it is important that we avoid speculation while the facts are being gathered,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laredo plane crash near Loop 20 leaves 1 dead, 5 injured in Texas A private jet carrying 6…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-339843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}