Three employees of Tesla, the electric car maker, were killed Wednesday when their plane crashed into a residential area in Silicon Valley, Calif., causing a 10-hour power outage in Palo Alto.
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The twin-engine Cessna 310R came down at 8 a.m. in East Palo Alto, which is about 30 miles from San Francisco, sending residents of the area into a panic amidst the wreckage and bodies. No one on the ground was injured.
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Shortly after taking off in foggy conditions at Palo Alto Airport, the plane hit a power tower and sheared off one of its wings. The wing landed on a day-care center, while the rest of the aircraft hit the street and traveled, hitting three cars, before it came to a start.
Tesla issued a statement Wednesday confirming that the crash’s three victims were company employees, but it would not identify them.
The power outage caused by the crash cut off electric power to companies including Hewlett-Packard and Facebook.
The accident took place not far from Tesla’s headquarters in San Carlos, Calif.
The crash is under investigation by federal transportation safety officials.