FoxyWhiskey
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EL CAJON – Two aircraft collided in a fireball Wednesday over El Cajon's Gillespie Field, authorities said.
There was some initial confusion as to whether one of the aircraft was a helicopter. Burning wreckage fell into at least one house in the 600 block of Hawthorne Avenue, and other parts fell into nearby streets and into Harry Griffen Park, the California Highway Patrol said.
“I happened to look up and saw two balls of fire,” said Rod Jeter, a real estate broker who was driving east on state Route 125 at the time of the collision just before 5 p.m.
“I didn't see an explosion, first I thought maybe it was somebody's (toy) rocket, but then I said that's too big to be somebody's (toy). “That's it, they both fell. The bigger one, I think, was the helicopter. They were already on fire before they hit. I've never seen anything like that before.”
There was some initial confusion as to whether one of the aircraft was a helicopter. Burning wreckage fell into at least one house in the 600 block of Hawthorne Avenue, and other parts fell into nearby streets and into Harry Griffen Park, the California Highway Patrol said.
“I happened to look up and saw two balls of fire,” said Rod Jeter, a real estate broker who was driving east on state Route 125 at the time of the collision just before 5 p.m.
“I didn't see an explosion, first I thought maybe it was somebody's (toy) rocket, but then I said that's too big to be somebody's (toy). “That's it, they both fell. The bigger one, I think, was the helicopter. They were already on fire before they hit. I've never seen anything like that before.”
