Mid-air plane collision kills 5 in California

A mid-air crash between two small planes has killed five people in California, including one on the ground as debris crashed on to a town.

Witnesses described seeing the two Cessna planes hit each other and pedestrians running as debris landed on car dealerships on Sunday afternoon.

Two bodies were thrown from one plane in the collision near Los Angeles and an employee on the ground was killed.

Investigators have not yet said what caused the accident.

The crash took place over the town of Corona in southern California, about 45 miles (70km) south-east of Los Angeles.

An investigator said the Corona airfield was "uncontrolled", with no flight control tower.