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THE TWO-SEAT aircraft lies on top of a house in Barangay (village) Poblacion North in Rizal, Nueva Ecija. ARMAND GALANG/INQUIRER CENTRAL LUZON

RIZAL, NUEVA ECIJA

Trainer plane slams into house

Two persons suffered injuries on Thursday when a light trainer plane crashed into a house in Barangay (village) Poblacion North, police said.

Senior Inspector Cornelio Ordanza, Rizal municipal police chief, said the pilot, Paul Pafultad, 30, of Binalonan town, Pangasinan province, had a head injury while farmer Glenn Paraiso, 54, had bruises in the body when the plane hit his house at 7:30 a.m.

The copilot, Wen Htet, 21, of Myanmar, was unhurt, Ordanza said.

Investigators have yet to determine what caused the plane, owned by WCC Aviation Co., to crash. Armand Galang, Inquirer Central Luzon

CEBU CITY

American found dead in hotel room

An American was found dead on Wednesday inside a pension house in Cebu City’s downtown area. Police said there were no signs of foul play.

Kevin John Griffin, in his 50s, was naked when room boys and a security guard of JL Suites found him inside Room No. 307, said Senior Police Officer 4 Alex Dacua.

Dacua, homicide investigator, said P5,000 in cash, two cellular phones and marijuana residue were found in the room.

He said police were ruling foul play out because the room was locked from the inside. The American had been known to be sickly. Chito O. Aragon, Inquirer Visayas