A U.S. military F-16 jet is shown in Bagram, Afghanistan.
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A military fighter jet and a small civilian aircraft were involved in a mid-air crash on Tuesday over Moncks Corner, South Carolina, officials told BuzzFeed News.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that an F-16 jet collided with a Cessna C 150 aircraft around 11 a.m local time, about 11 miles north of Charleston.
The planes fell over the Lewisfield Plantation, off Highway 52, in rural Berkeley County, WLOX reported. The F-16's pilot reportedly ejected.
Will Seastrunk, the general manager at the nearby Berkeley Country Club told BuzzFeed News that two of their golfers "saw two low flying aircrafts crash and fall into the plantation, then the smoke rising up."
The Department of Defense also did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but defense officials told NBC News the pilot safely ejected from the fighter jet before the crash.
WCBD said these are photos from the scene:
Thumbnail image from WCBD
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