Two people dead after plane crash in Phoenix

A second person who was injured in a small plane crash in Phoenix has died.

Phoenix police confirmed that 49-year-old Elaine Carpenter was initially taken to a hospital in critical condition Monday morning but succumbed to her injuries.

Authorities also identified the pilot of the home-built plane as 54-year-old Theodore Rich.

They did not state how the two were related.

Phoenix Fire Capt. Kenny Overton says the aircraft crashed around 6:50 a.m. in a major intersection near the city’s Deer Valley Airport, colliding with a car. The driver was taken to a hospital for treatment for head pain.

The airport has two runways and two flight training schools.