LONDON– British police say seven people have died after a military jet taking part in an airshow crashed into a busy main road.
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The Hawker Hunter fighter jet, which was participating in the Shoreham Airshow near Brighton, hit several vehicles on the road as it crashed Saturday afternoon.
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West Sussex Police said seven died and one patient with life-threatening injuries was taken to the hospital. A further 14 people were treated for minor injuries.
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The force said all the casualties were believed to have occurred on the road, and no one on the airfield was believed injured.
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Local news reports carried video and photographs of a fireball erupting near trees and huge plumes of thick black smoke rising.
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