June 21 (UPI) -- A single-engine plane that departed from Ocean City, N.J., crashed in Bowie, Md., just outside Washington, D.C., killing three people, police said.
Maryland State Police said the Pipe Cherokee plane crashed around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. The plane was en route to Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg, Md., WTOP-TV in Washington, D.C., reported.
The pilot and two passengers -- whose identities were not revealed -- were found dead at the crash site, which was in a wooded area near a residential neighborhood.
Maryland State Police spokeswoman Elena Russo said authorities were alerted to the crash by an iPhone crash alert.
"We don't have any other information at this point from any eye witnesses or anybody that heard anything," she said. "The only thing we have is that iPhone crash alert."
