On Monday, five people died in a private plane that crashed near a highway in Nashville in the US state of Tennessee, the local police noted.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department added in a post on social platform X that “5 persons on board the airplane perished in the crash”.

The police also shared picture of the mangled wreckage of the single engine plane.

The Nashville fire Department added on platform X that there was a “heavy fire” when its responders arrived on the scene.

Reports gotten from the post shows that the Nashville police spokesman, Don Aaron stressed that the plane had reported engine and power failure around 7:40 pm (0140 GMT on Tuesday).

It was cleared for an emergency landing at Nashville’s John C. Tune Airport, but came down just a few kilometres from the airport.

He said the crash will be looked into by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.