Two dead in light aircraft crash

Two people, the pilot and passenger, died in the crash

Two people have been killed in a light aircraft crash in Hampshire.

It is not known what time the accident happened - a local farmer found the wreckage and called police shortly after 1400 BST on Sunday.

The plane came down in a field at Snooks Farm, Snooks Lane, South Baddesley, near Lymington.

The pilot and passenger, a man and woman in their late 40s or early 50s, were found dead. Air accident investigators are to visit the scene.

Police said the wreckage of the single-engine plane would remain in place overnight and the area had been cordoned off.