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Graphic video shows the terrifying moment when firefighters tackle the burning wreckage of an aircraft after it clipped a truck as it crash-landed on a freeway.

Minutes earlier, the plane had collided with a pickup truck as it approached the roadway for its forced landing.

Miraculously, the truck driver escaped unscathed.

The Piper PA-32-300 made a forced landing on State Route 91 in Corona on August 9, said the Federal Aviation Administration and the California Highway Patrol.

Officials say the pilot of the single-engine plane bound for Corona Municipal Airport from Catalina Island had reported a mechanical fault.

The impact sparked a fire, which ripped through the six-seater aircraft, but its two occupants – a pilot and a passenger – managed to escape unhurt.

The 50-year-old plane had collided with a Toyota Tundra pickup truck as it approached the freeway.

Amazingly, officials said the truck suffered only minor damage and its driver was unharmed.

Firefighters from the Corona Fire Department arrived at the crash site within five minutes and extinguished the flames shortly before 1 p.m.

The plane’s occupants had already managed to free themselves from the wreckage by the time the firemen arrived.

Pilot-owner and IT exec Andrew Cho told local media: “I’m ecstatic to be alive.”

Neither he nor his passenger needed medical assistance.

Reportedly, Cho and his passenger were returning from Catalina Island, which lies just 22 miles off the California coast, where they had enjoyed lunch.

Two eastbound lanes of the freeway were closed to traffic following the accident, bringing cars nearly to a standstill.

The plane was a total loss, and its wreckage was cleared by Tuesday night, August 9.

Zenger News obtained the footage from the Corona Fire Department, which said: “On-scene footage from Corona Engine 3 as they arrived on scene to the plane crash on the 91 Eastbound in Corona.”

The video was recorded through the windshield of a fire truck. It showed the burning airplane and thick smoke rising into the bright California sky. The video then shifts to a firefighter dousing the flames with water.

A photo posted by the fire department showed the aftermath of the incident: the airplane was burned and nearly consumed by the fire, leaving behind the engine compartment and tail.

Facebook user Sheena Steiner Escalante commented on the Facebook page for the Corona Fire Department: “We are lucky to have the best fire department. Thank you guys for all of your hard work!”

The 300-horsepower, fixed landing gear “Cherokee Six” Piper 32-300 was first certified for flight by the Federal Aviation Administration in 1967. It continued in production in several variants until 2007.

The versatile aircraft has been used for decades around the world for private transportation, air taxi services, bush support, and medevacs.

Facebook user Karen Eisenacher Earp commented: “Praise God for the safe escape of the passengers!”

A wedding expert has shared things couples shouldn’t do on their big day – including not having too many bridesmaids to avoid drama and not tying the knot too late in the day.

Kat Williams, 38, founder and editor of Rock N Roll Bride magazine, divided opinions after posting a video with her personal ‘dont’s’ for people planning a wedding.

She warned couples not to have family or friends take their wedding photos, not to let guests use their phones during the ceremony and not to get married after 2 p.m.

She told brides to refrain from buying a dress in a smaller size that they plan to ‘slim into’ and instructed couples not to order too much food – insisting guests don’t need canapes, ice creams, a sweet table and buffet.

Williams went on to say that she would never have too many bridesmaids as “more bridesmaids means more drama.”

Williams- who has been happily married since 2008 to her husband, Gareth, 43 – from Reading, Berkshire, in southern England, in the United Kingdom, said: “It is much more accepted these days to do non-traditional things for your wedding.

“Before 2010, the only inspiration you could get is from traditional wedding magazines.

“I want to give people the confidence to do what’s best for them and not stick to the norm – just because others do.”

Williams started her website in 2007 to document her own wedding journey – where she “learned the hard way” what to do and what to avoid.

She said: “Looking back I am like: ‘why didn’t I think of that?’ or ‘why weren’t more wedding dresses available?’.”

One of Williams’ biggest pieces of advice is not to have friends or family take your wedding pictures.

She said: “I have heard so many horror stories in the 14 years I have been doing this of people who want to save money or have an uncle who has a great camera.

“It very rarely ever works out. I have heard so many stories of people hating their photos and then there is nothing they can do about it.”

Williams said she would always try and have the ceremony between 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. – especially if it is a winter wedding.

She said: “If you are having a wedding late, it’ll probably going to be getting dark and by the time you have finished and if you don’t do the photos beforehand your photos are going to be dark and crap.”

Williams went on to say that she would never have too many bridesmaids as “more bridesmaids means more drama.”

She said: “You have more people to keep happy with their dresses and involve them with the hen parties.

“The more bridesmaids you have the more expensive it gets – less is more.”

One person commented on Williams’ video and said: “As a guest, I hate it when people have their ceremonies too early. I’m usually hungry and haven’t had enough time to get ready. We’re doing ours at 3 p.m.”

A third viewer agreed with Williams’ point and said: “The only time it’s OK for a friend to take photos is when you’re a wedding photographer and so are they.”

Williams’ top wedding tips:

– Never have a friend or family take photos
– Never let people get their phones out during the ceremony
– Don’t have the ceremony too late in the day
– Never wear a wedding dress which doesn’t fit
– Don’t order too much food
– Never not involve my partner in the planning
– Stress too much about what other people think
– Don’t be too safe with my outfit choice
– Don’t have too many bridesmaids
– Don’t not have a videographer

Produced in association with SWNS.

A teen TikToker has been mocked on social media after she microwaved her iPhone to watch a sandwich cook.

Susan Kisena – 18, from the city of Euless in the U.S. state of Texas – describes herself as a goofy and kind person who loves singing and playing the guitar.

The teenager said she was experimenting to see how the microwaves would affect her food but the stunt left many watchers wondering if she was simply one sandwich short of a picnic.

In the footage, she is seen placing the smartphone at the back of the oven and then pressing the start button.

But within three seconds the phone’s screen fills with static and by five seconds it has gone dark.

The teenager admitted in an interview with Zenger News that she’d faced ridicule over the stunt.

She said: “There’s a lot of hate on this but I don’t even blame the people, it was a very dumb decision.”

Kisena explained that the footage was shot in 2016 and revived for TikTok.

She said: “This video was really only saved for myself and I found it recently in my Snapchat memories and decided to repost it on TikTok.

“Didn’t know it would blow up, but it did.”

Amazingly the video has received more than 381 000 likes and 3,178 comments on the social media platform so far.

One user responded, “I question our generation, I really do…”

While another replied, “But the window is already on the microwave so that you can watch it…”

Kisena shrugged off the mockery and claims her phone was still working afterward.

She told Zenger News: “It had only had some temperature warning.

“I just needed it to cool down a few minutes.”

Kisena forms part of Generation Z, which is made up of people born between 1997 and 2012.

Gen-Zers have their own particular brand of absurd humor, partly due to the rise of social media, which makes use of shock value tactics based around on themes like destruction.

Mika Lassander, a researcher at the Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective (YARG) project has questioned if Gen-Zers are the most scared generation as of yet, explaining that the sense of threat that most people in that age group feel on a continuous basis could leave psychological scars.

He added: “Generation Z has grown up with an intangible sense of global anxiety, distributed in fast-paced communications. This cannot help but affect young people’s subconscious minds.”

A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death near a children’s playground, it has emerged on Monday, August 8.

The English teen was killed just before 9 p.m. on Thursday, August 4, on Highbury Fields in the Islington district of north London, in the United Kingdom.

On the following morning, the whole park was cordoned off around a children’s playground and a recreational center as locals spoke of their shock.

Police were called to the park just before 9 p.m. on the night of August 4 and found the boy with stab wounds next to a trash can off Highbury Place.

He was treated at the scene but died in a hospital shortly afterward.

One man who lives on Highbury Place said: “I heard a fracas on the fields and a 15-year-old boy got stabbed, that’s all I know.”

Another pointed to the trash can next to which lay colored evidence markers on the ground.

One woman who lives on a nearby street and was cycling past said: “It’s normally safe round here, it’s quite shocking.

“I’ve never heard of it happening but I haven’t been living here for that long. You usually get people out in the park at night.”

Police are yet to make any arrests and are still trying to contact the boy’s next of kin.

They have closed the whole park to prevent locals and their dogs from coming near the crime scene.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: “A murder investigation is underway following a stabbing in Islington.

“Police were called to Highbury Fields, N5, shortly before 21.00 hours on Thursday, August 4 to reports of a stabbing.

“Officers attended along with paramedics from London Ambulance Service.

“A male, believed to be 15 years old, was found with stab wounds.

“He was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital where he sadly died a short time later.

“Inquiries are ongoing to inform next of kin. A crime scene has been put in place.

“There have been no arrests; inquiries into the circumstances are ongoing. Homicide detectives from Specialist Crime have been informed.”

Produced in association with SWNS.

These pictures show an amazing piece of artwork made out of slate, created by a mystery artist – who has been dubbed the ‘countryside Banksy’.

Daniel Farrington, 30, and his wife Agnieszka, 34, came across the slate ring on a hillside in Borrowdale, Cumbria, in northern England, in the United Kingdom, around sunrise on August 1.

The 5-foot high and 5-foot wide ring is believed to have been created by the same person who created other similar sculptures that have previously been posted online.

However, all of these have been destroyed by either vandals or being blown over by the wind.

Local residents have now labeled the work as the ‘Borrowdale Banksy’ as the artist is still a mystery.

The couple had seen the images of the other sculptures before, but didn’t expect to discover one.

Farrington said: “It’s like a Banksy, you have no idea who it is.

“We knew that they existed, and I think all of them have either been destroyed or blown over since.

“At the time, the sun was coming over and I had my coffee and it was lovely looking at it.

“We didn’t think we would see one, but we ended up discovering one.”

Farrington, from Carnforth, in nearby Lancashire county, in the U.K., has also not decided to reveal the exact location of the artwork, as he doesn’t want it to be destroyed or for someone to be injured.

Farrington said: “Everyone has been asking me where it is and I have kept quiet for a couple of reasons.

“I want to try and preserve it for as long as possible in case people do destroy it.

“It’s not on a main path and it’s a bit of a scramble to get to it, there’s a lot of slate in that area which is very unstable.

“I don’t want a lot of people going up there but I know there will be a time when it comes out, but I don’t want to be responsible for sending people up there and hurting themselves.”

Works by the mysterious Banksy have turned up in the United Kingdom since the 1990s. His documentary film ‘Exit through the Gift Shop’ debuted in 2010 and was nominated for a Motion Picture Academy Award.

The identity of Bansky remains unconfirmed.

Apparently stemming from an underground art movement in Bristol, Banksy’s works are spraypainted on walls and feature social and political commentary.

Produced in association with SWNS.