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Authorities in Miami identified the five people killed when an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, crashing into vehicles and catching on fire.
Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz released the names of the victims in a news conference on Tuesday.
They were identified as: Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and 47-year-old Javierkys Reyes Quevedo.
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Five others were injured. Three of those people remain hospitalized, with two of them in critical condition. The two pilots were treated and released, the sheriff said.
Amazon Air Flight 7598 was traveling from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on its third flight of the day, when it tried landing at the Miami airport.
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The jet overshot the runway by at least 1,300 feet beyond the paved surface and crashed into multiple vehicles, including a 2012 white Ford Econoline van with passengers inside, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said during a Monday press conference.
The aircraft then crashed through the airport perimeter and struck a civilian vehicle, a Toyota Corolla Cross LE.
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The plane then “continued into the grass and impacted another fence line, which separated an area where Tesla robotaxis were stationed,” Homendy said.
All the victims were inside the vehicles, she said.
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Homicide detectives with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office are investigating the deaths, Cordero-Stutz said.
Fox News Digital’s Bonny Chu contributed to this report.
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