Light aircraft crashes in Kenya, killing three people on the ground

The wreckage of a crashed aircraft scattered near the accident site in the coastal city of Malindi, in southern Kenya (Nehemiah Okwembah/AP)

A light aircraft crash-landed on Friday in Kenya’s coastal Malindi County, killing three people on the ground, a local police official said.

The three fatalities included a motorcycle taxi driver who was killed when the plane burst into flames on impact in the town of Kwachocha along the Malindi-Mombasa highway, Sub-County Police Commander LuckyJoski Mudavadi said.