By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A small aircraft crashed in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport late Wednesday, and fire boats were on the scene, the Washington fire department said.

Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.

While driving home, Ari Shulman said a "spray of sparks" in the sky caught his attention as he watched in horror the midair collision unfold.

Animal rescuers in Washington, D.C., teamed up with police and firefighters to rescue a deer stranded in the icy Potomac River.

An airplane collided with a helicopter while trying to land at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said.

A deer in danger in Washington, D.C. was saved from the icy Potomac River by first responders. The Washington Metropolitan Police Department Harbor Patrol and the D.C. Fire and EMS Fireboat crew.

A small aircraft crashed in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport late Wednesday, and fire boats were on the scene, the Washington fire department said.

DC Fire and EMS (DCFD) said a small aircraft crashed into the Potomac River Wednesday night. In a joint statement from DCFD and the Metropolitan Police Department

The two people who died after their pickup truck crashed on the Arlington Memorial Bridge and plunged into the icy Potomac River have ... the Metropolitan Police Department Harbor Unit and first ...

A deer that was stranded on the frozen Potomac River in Washington ... The Brandywine Valley SPCA said it got help from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Harbor Patrol as well as the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services’ Fireboat ...