Authorities say seven people were traveling west on NC 711 near Pembroke, North Carolina in an SUV. It went left of center--sideswiping another car. Then the SUV crashed with a utility truck and ran off the road into a swamp before catching fire. Three people were ejected from the car while four were stuck inside as the SUV went up in flames.

A decorated soldier based at Fort Liberty died in a fiery plane crash over the weekend in North Carolina, the Army confirmed Tuesday.

On Saturday, at around 5:55 p.m. local time, a Cirrus SR22 plane crashed near the Wright Brothers National Memorial's First Flight Airport, the National Transportation Safety Board told USA TODAY in an email. The airport is located in Kill Devil Hills on the North Carolina coast, around 90 miles south of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

All five passengers aboard the single-engine airplane died, a spokesperson for the National Park Service confirmed

Multiple people have been killed following the crash of a single-engine plane in a wooded area of North Carolina, authorities said. The number of people dead and the names of the victims have not been released.

Four passengers were onboard the plane when it crashed and caught fire, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

Five people, including a child, died in a fiery Saturday evening plane crash at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., the National Park Service reported Sunday afternoon.

Two Cirrus SR22 aircraft crashed over the weekend, killing seven people. Here is what we know about the crashes so far, and what local first responders and the airports have said in response.