Two men dead in Italy plane crash

A light aircraft has crashed in southern Italy, killing two people on board, officials say.

The plane came down in a rural area of San Lorenzo Bellizzi in Calabria, at about 1700 (1500 GMT) on Saturday.

The two men on board both died in the accident, said Italian officials quoted by Reuters news agency.

Police said the victims were both Italian men. The plane took off from Sicily and stopped in the town of Sibari to refuel.