Social Media Captures Moment Plane Crashes on 405 Freeway Near John Wayne Airport

Social media captured a terrifying moment after a small plane crashed on the southbound 405 Freeway near John Wayne Airport Friday morning.

Many Twitter and Facebook users were driving on the freeway at the moment the incident occurred around 9:35 a.m.

Two people in their early 60s were pulled from the wreckage by an off-duty firefighter and hospitalized with traumatic injuries. One Twitter user called the accident the “scariest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Just saw a plane just crash land on the 405 freeway right in front of me! Scariest thing I've ever seen! @KTLA http://pic.twitter.com/8x2OFjgli9

— Christian (@TubbyR) June 30, 2017

I'm like literally right in front of the crash sight stuck here with thousands of others stuck on the 405 next to John Wayne http://pic.twitter.com/uagxFttpp0

— 🥂AnitaBump🥂 (@FuckinFrankiee) June 30, 2017

Omg a plane just crashed on the 405 http://pic.twitter.com/WQHAPYxMxS

— K H (@melokai7) June 30, 2017

Plane crash at @JohnWayneAir http://pic.twitter.com/jNWQmGE1A6

— Steven Charles (@BasedClapp) June 30, 2017

Small aircraft crashed on 405 at John Wayne #crash #johnwayne #405 http://pic.twitter.com/aQSOwtuSZi

— Rafi Mamalian (@rafimama) June 30, 2017

Fire on the 405 in front of #johnwayne no clue what's happening. #sna http://pic.twitter.com/8t5RfTsfz2

— Courtney Parker (@Court_EParker) June 30, 2017

from KTLA http://ift.tt/2spLp7X