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LIVINGSTON, La. – Authorities say at least three people are dead after a small plane crashed in a wooded area in eastern Louisiana.
Perry Rushing, chief of operations for the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, says the plane went down just before midnight Friday night in a wooded area west of Independence.
The cause of the crash was unknown. Rushing says weather did not appear to be a factor.
Citing preliminary reports, Rushing said the plane was flying from Slidell but said authorities weren't yet sure where it was headed.
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