A small plane carrying medical staff crashed in a densely populated neighborhood in Kenya's capital on Thursday afternoon, killing six people, local authorities said.

An air ambulance service provider says a plane belonging to it has crashed into a residential area just outside Kenya's capital

Kiambu County Commissioner Henry Wafula said six people on the plane were killed, including doctors, nurses and the pilot - as well as another two people on the ground, while two others were seriously injured. Investigators have been despatched to the scene of the crash to establish its cause.