Father, daughters among 5 dead in US plane crash

An American family's holiday reunion ended in tragedy Sunday when their light plane crashed in Florida, killing all five people aboard, the local sheriff's office said.

The crash killed the pilot John Shannon, 70, his two adult daughters, his son-in-law and a family friend, the Polk County Sheriff said.

"This is a tragedy any time, but it is so much worse because it happened on Christmas Eve," Sheriff Grady Judge said in a news release.