<p><br /> Two people have been killed after a light plane crashed near homes and a school in Sydney.<br /> </p><p><br /> The plane was so charred after a fire following a collision with a power pole that rescuers had trouble determining how many people were on board.<br /> </p><p><br /> Authorities initially said the pilot died in the crash and that they were trying to confirm if another person was on board.<br /> </p><p><br /> The federal transport minister later said that police had confirmed two people had been on the plane and that both were killed.<br /> </p><p><br /> The plane hit a power pole and came to rest partly in the street and the garden of a home near a school in the west of the city.<br /> </p><p><br /> Emergency officials evacuated about 80 students, teachers and parents to a nearby park.<br /> </p><p><br /> Debris from the plane smashed into a car that had three children and an adult inside. Two of the children and the driver were among seven people treated for shock.<br /> </p><p><br /> The plane also brought down power lines, cutting electricity to thousands of homes.<br /> </p>
