By Angie DiMichele, Abigail Hasebroock and Rafael Olmeda, South Florida Sun-Sentinel (TNS)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Two people are dead after a small plane that was bound for Jamaica for Hurricane Melissa relief efforts crashed into a lake behind a home in a Coral Springs gated community on Monday morning, officials said.

The 1976 Beech B100 aircraft, an 11-seat, multi-engine plane, took off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport shortly after 10 a.m. and was scheduled to land at Montego Bay International Airport shortly after 12:30 p.m., according to FlightAware .

The flight was for “relief efforts,” City of Fort Lauderdale spokesperson Belal Jaber said in an email.

Coral Springs Police announced the two deaths in a statement about 4 p.m. The statement did not provide further infor

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