Five members of an airline cleaning company were killed Sunday after an Amazon-branded cargo plane overran the runway at a Miami airport, striking the company’s van and a passenger SUV.
\n\nThe deceased victims are Rolando Aleman, 55, Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53, Julio C Pineda, 75, Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53, and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said at a news conference on Tuesday. They were all in the van, owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., a contract cleaning company for airline companies.
\n\nFive other people were injured in the crash and taken to the hospital, officials said. Eugenio Corredor, 79, and Ridoel Averhoff Diaz, 32, remain in critical condition, and Roosevelt Sebastian Perdomo Torres, 36, is stable.
\n\nThe two pilots of the Boeing 767-300 aircraft, Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, 37, and Joseph Carol, 55, were treated and released.
\n\nThe cleaning company said in a statement Tuesday that it was “heartbroken” by the deaths.
\n\n“Our employees are far more than the people who work beside us each day, they are family, and they are deeply loved,” the statement read. “Our hearts and prayers are with every employee and every family whose lives have been forever changed. We grieve with…
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