Three killed in Amarillo aircraft crash

AMARILLO, Texas — Texas authorities say three people are dead after an air ambulance crashed Saturday night just south of the Amarillo airport.

Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Cindy Barkley said the single-engine plane went down about 12:30 a.m. Saturday in an industrial section of the city between Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport and Interstate 40.

Barkley said everyone aboard the plane was killed.

Rico Aviation, an air ambulance service based in Amarillo, issued a statement saying three of its crew members died. Their names haven't been released. A company employee who answered the phone Saturday declined comment to The Associated Press.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford said the plane had just left the airport and was bound for Clovis.

Authorities haven't said what may have caused the crash.