2 pilots killed in Volusia County plane crash

2 small planes collide mid-air, crashed into wooded area

EDGEWATER, Fla. – Two people died after their single-engine airplanes collided midair Saturday morning over the central Florida coast, authorities said.

The planes crashed into a wooded area west of Interstate 95 near Edgewater on Saturday morning, killing both pilots, the Edgewater Fire Rescue Department reported on its Facebook page.

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A witness told The Daytona Beach News-Journal that she saw the planes collide around 8:45 a.m. while flying in formation with several other planes.

Debris from the planes was seen between the crash site and the highway, which was about a half-mile away.

The Federal Aviation Administration says one of the planes was a Cessna 170 and the other an "unidentified experimental aircraft." Each plane had one person inside.

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board were at the crash site, the fire department said.

Neither of the pilots has yet been identified.