Irish tourist alive after plane crash kills pilot

A young Leitrim woman is in hospital in the US after a plane crash that killed her pilot.

Collette Kenny, 28, was thrown from the light aircraft after it struck a mobile phone tower designed to look like a tree in the scenic Lake Mathews area of southern California on Sunday.

She managed to call for help herself but local people who went to her aid were prevented from reaching her for a time because the tower was surrounded by high metal security railings.