Seven people have been killed in a crash of a small Piper PA-32 plane that crashed near Canada's Kingston (Ontario), TASS reported referring to CTV.

The incident occurred on Wednesday evening in a remote area about 5-7 km from the city airport. Rescue teams have only recently been able to get to the crash site. According to police, there were seven people on board, including three children. They all died.

As reported earlier, the plane took off from Toronto, Ontario, and up to six people could be on board.