Small plane crashes into hospital in Calif.

Authorities say a small plane has stopped into a community hospital in central California.

Witnesses told the Santa Cruz Sentinel that the plane took a nose dive and landed partly into the first floor of the building, just a few blocks from the Watsonville Municipal Airport.

The crash happened at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday. A fire dispatcher had no word on any probable fatalities.

Witnesses told the newspaper that the plane rupture into flames and black smoke billowed into the air.