Plane carrying three people crashes in Florida near major road

Emergency personnel respond to the area where a small plane crashed on a main road (Mike Stocker /South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

A small plane carrying three people crashed in South Florida near a major interstate highway and train tracks, officials said.

The Boca Raton Police said in a social media post that several roads near the Boca Raton Airport were closed near Interstate 95 after the plane went down shortly after 10am.