A small single-engine plane struck a cell tower near Lake Mathews, killing the pilot and injuring his female passenger, according to a news report.
The pilot has been identified as William Dalo, 55, of Lake Elsinore. The female passenger was ejected from the plane and suffered moderate injuries; her identity was not released.
Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department officials said that the plane crashed at the base of the cell phone tower inside a utility enclosure on the top of a hill in the 20300 block of Farley Avenue just outside Corona.
The cause of the crash was unclear. Federal crash investigators have begun their investigation into the fatal plane crash.
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