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A business jet with six people on board crashed on a highway in Laredo, Texas, and caught fire Tuesday night, authorities said, killing one person and causing chaos as people left their vehicles to frantically try to smash the cockpit window and free those inside.<\/p>\n

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Drivers who came upon the burning plane, which was nearly sheared in half and tipped on its side, captured dramatic rescue scenes on video or rushed toward the aircraft on foot to help. Two people came running with a sledgehammer and shovel, which they used to strike the cockpit glass and try propping open the plane\u2019s door.<\/p>\n

The plane crashed on the Loop 20 highway near the Texas-Mexico border shortly after 10 p.m., said Jose Baeza, an investigator with the Laredo Police Department. It was unclear if the person who died was on the plane or on the ground.<\/p>\n

Dashcam footage posted on social media showed the aircraft careening down the highway, taking out a light post before coming to a stop. It came to a rest not far from the Laredo International Airport.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looked like part of a movie. I was in shock,\u201d said Zayra Garza, an esthetician who was driving her co-workers home when she came upon the crash.<\/p>\n

No injuries on the ground were immediately reported, though five officers were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n

The plane was a Cessna Citation Latitude twin jet, according to information from FlightAware, an aviation tracking and data company. It departed from Los Cabos International Airport in Mexico at 6:19 p.m.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear what caused the crash as it reached Laredo, about 140 miles (225 kilometers) southwest of San Antonio. Laredo International Airport Director Gilberto Sanchez told KGNS TV in Laredo that the plane experienced a mechanical failure. He provided no details.<\/p>\n

Video posted to social media showed the plane on its side, smashed into a highway barrier. The tail was ripped from the fuselage and laying mostly intact on a lower-level road beneath where the rescue was taking place.<\/p>\n

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Garza began shooting video as she approached the scene and then stopped her vehicle across from the crippled jet, which was on fire.<\/p>\n

She saw someone inside the plane trying to break the cockpit window to escape. Soon, people got out of their vehicles to try to smash the window from the outside as the fire on the fuselage continued to burn.<\/p>\n

Garza\u2019s husband jumped out of their vehicle to help and Garza then saw the door of the plane open. She said three people who looked to be teenagers rushed out, followed by someone who appeared to be a pilot. Another member of the crew tried to pull out a person who seemed to be unconscious.<\/p>\n

As smoke billowed from the plane, a firefighter used a small ladder to climb into the aircraft to rescue the remaining passenger, while others shot water out of a hose at the wreckage. Rescuers can be heard calling for a rope as others use rods to hold up the plane door.<\/p>\n

Several times, officers helping prop open the door dart away from the plane and double over in coughing fits because of the intense smoke.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat was worrying me was the fire,\u201d she said. \u201cI was concerned that it could have just exploded at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was the third significant aviation accident in as many days. A B-52 crashed Monday during a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California and killed all eight people aboard, while on Sunday, 12 people were killed when a plane on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed.<\/p>\n

NetJets said in a statement that the crash involved one of its aircraft and it is working with authorities. NetJets is owned by Warren Buffett\u2019s Berkshire Hathaway and allows people to buy part ownership in private jets.<\/p>\n

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