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DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts ( WBZ ) -- A husband and wife were killed when a small plane crashed onto Route 195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Monday morning, police said. Both sides of the highway were shut down for hours.
The fuselage of the fixed-wing, single engine plane ended up on the grassy median around 8:15 a.m. and burst into flames, according to Massachusetts State Police. Other parts of the plane were found in the surrounding woods.
A woman who was driving on the highway was "impacted by a portion of the crashed aircraft," Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn said. She was driven to a hospital with injuries that are not considered to be life-threatening.
The district attorney identified the victims as 68-year-old Thomas Perkins and