Dramatic video captured the extraordinary moment rescuers found a person alive after an Amazon cargo plane crashed into their vehicle during what officials said was the aircraft’s third flight of the day.

At least five people were killed when the Boeing 767 veered off the runway and struck two vehicles at about 2pm on Sunday, authorities said.

Jennifer Homendy, chief executive officer of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said Monday afternoon that those who died were inside the vehicles. Officials have not yet released the victims’ identities.

The Amazon cargo jet first hit a 2012 Ford van, then skidded across the ground before crashing into a second car. Homendy said seven people employed by a contract airline cleaning company were in the van at the time. It remains unclear how many people were inside the other vehicle.

The pilot and co-pilot, whose names have not been made public, were also injured, though their conditions have not been disclosed. Homendy said the plane had been arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on its third trip of the day.

When emergency responders arrived at the scene, they immediately started trying to locate victims. 

At one point, a police officer ran over to a crumpled SUV that was flipped on its side after the collision and tried to talk to someone inside. 

He asked them, ‘You alright?’ as he crouched down and peered into the vehicle. 

After realizing that someone was inside and that they were alive, the officer called over a rescue team to help get them out. 

‘We got one for you! He’s alive!’ the cop and another man shouted. 

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but a preliminary report by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) found that the airport is not equipped with the Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) that has been installed at more than 120 airports nationwide.

The system places beds of lightweight, crushable material at the end of a runway to help bring planes that overshoot the tarmac safely to a stop, the agency said. 

Homendy said the plane overshot the runway, making it about 1,300ft past the paved surface. 

She said that the NTSB’s primary focus is trying to help families find their loved ones. 

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‘Recovery of victims is most important,’ she said in a press conference before describing the aftermath at the scene. 

‘There is fuel everywhere, which will have to be remediated, and they are removing fuel from the aircraft, and as we speak, recovery operations continue,’ she told the press. 

Terrifying dispatch audio obtained by the Daily Mail revealed the horrific moment rescuers counted the dead after the crash. 

‘This aircraft overran the runway and crossed 67th Avenue. It struck a truck,’ one emergency responder said, according to the audio.

‘We do have a patient on the ground. We’re looking at surveilling the area for more patients.’

Another rescuer from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue added: ‘Be advised, we have three patients; it appears to be two black, we have two black and one red.’

First responders use color codes during triage to help sort patients quickly. Black means the person is deceased, while red means they have suffered critical, life-threatening injuries.

When the emergency call initially came in, a first responder could be heard telling his crew: ‘Guys, the plane’s on fire, the plane’s on fire, put your game faces on.’

As officials arrived on the scene, it became evident just how dire the situation was.

Firefighters ran out of water and requested backup as the plane continued to burn, the audio revealed.

Crews also had to rescue a person who was trapped under a vehicle, with one emergency responder telling dispatch that they were ‘going to need extrication.’

A ‘green’ patient, someone who suffered minor injuries, was found ‘off to the side,’ according to the audio.

Authorities kept working the scene, leading to the discovery of further victims.

Homendy said that 32 investigators are on the case, and that the recording device in the plane has been sent to headquarters for evaluation. 

A 75-page court dossier on Karmelo Anthony includes previously unseen images of the convicted teen posing with firearms, along with records of racist, homophobic and escalating violent remarks made before the killing of Austin Metcalf.

The documents, obtained by the Daily Mail, were part of the evidence compiled by prosecutors in the case against Anthony, now 19, who was found guilty of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Metcalf during a high school track meet in Frisco, a suburb north of Dallas, Texas, in April 2025.

Jurors never saw the material. It was kept out of the trial under a disputed “gentleman’s agreement” in which prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed not to introduce damaging evidence from either teenager’s past.

One screenshot, taken from a video Anthony recorded in November 2024, five months before the fatal stabbing, shows him shirtless while posing with a handgun.

Another image, dated May 5, 2024, shows Anthony holding an AK-47-style rifle as he stands with three other teenagers. He was 16 years old at the time.

In a third incident, Anthony took video of himself pointing a gun at a house before running away on January 4, 2025. It is unclear whose home he targeted. 

The files are surfacing days after Anthony’s parents made a public plea for more donations after having already raised over $600,000 through online donations prior to his conviction.

During a press conference last week, the killer’s parents insisted they needed more money to help pay for his legal expenses, despite having a team of six lawyers working pro-bono to get him a new trial.

Prosecutors argued the files show Anthony’s long history of violence and an obsession with weapons. The files, which the Daily Mail has confirmed are authentic, also include disturbing text messages sent by Anthony before his arrest.

Among the new files are a shocking series of racist texts that Anthony sent to his girlfriend, Valeria Perez, in March 2025.

Anthony wrote: ‘I f***ing despise black b****es.

‘ahhhh hn I DO NOT LIKE BLACK B****ES.

‘all tht wig glue getting to they f***ing brain’ 

‘f***ing n***ers’

‘they need to go die.’

Perez has stood by Anthony and continues to date him, sitting with his parents in court during his August court hearing north of Dallas. 

She smiled and made prolonged eye contact with her felon boyfriend has he walked into the courtroom shackled.

In a separate rant about gay people in June 2021, Anthony told a friend: ‘These f***ing gay people are f***ing everything up.’

‘This n***a Joe Biden Gay ASB [as balls],’ he continued.

‘I like Trump better not go cap.

‘Like for like his business reasons. Another reason Trump didn’t like gay ppl Biden does. I hate gay ppl.’

In an October 2024 exchange, he told his girlfriend that he would go to jail for burglary after claiming he stole a watch from a neighbor. 

‘might gt jail,’ he messaged Perez.

‘shut up don’t say that’ she responded. ‘Don’t do this to me.’

He replied: ‘Burglary is up to a year.’

It is unclear if the burglary took place.

The files show Anthony also bragging about starting fights or being violent. In November 2024, Anthony told his girlfriend he had taken a gun and knife to school.

Just months later, that apparent bravado would take a deadly turn. 

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On April 2, 2025, Anthony got into a confrontation with Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco after Metcalf told him to leave the Memorial High School team tent at the stadium. 

The argument quickly became physical, and Anthony pulled a knife and stabbed Metcalf once in the chest. Metcalf collapsed moments later and died from his injuries. Anthony claimed he acted in self-defense. 

The trial drew unprecedented national attention and stirred up racial tensions.

Media from across the country camped outside the Collin County Courthouse, while groups including far-right agitators the Proud Boys and the African American organization The Black Panthers staged protests outside.

Both the Metcalf and Anthony families were subjected to countless death threats.

Before the trial, lead prosecutor Bill Wirskye tabled the idea of a ‘gentleman’s deal’ In in an effort to lower the temperature surrounding the case.

Under the non-legally binding agreement, prosecutors would keep Anthony’s past out of the case in exchange for the defense agreeing not to introduce damaging information about Metcalf’s background.

Wirskye said the defense had uncovered a juvenile criminal mischief case involving Metcalf over graffiti, including some that was racist and deeply offensive.

He feared that allowing both sides to air their respective evidence would only inflame an already volatile case, pouring ‘more fuel on the fire.’

Instead, it was agreed that the jury, and by extension the public, would only hear about what happened ‘under the tent’, referring to where the stabbing happened. 

Anthony was ultimately found guilty of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison.

But Anthony’s conviction was not the end of the case.

In August, his new defense team took their fight for a new trial to court, arguing that a deal struck between prosecutors and Anthony’s original lawyers had denied him of a fair chance at justice. 

The two-day hearing offered the first detailed public account of the so-called ‘gentleman’s agreement’ and revealed the evidence that had been kept from the jury. 

The public heard allegations that had been deliberately kept out of Anthony’s murder trial, including Austin Metcalf’s history of racist graffiti, racial slurs, bullying and violence, alongside a far more troubling portrait of Anthony himself, including threats, weapons, stalking allegations and messages about stabbing someone. 

Among the most striking details to emerge was that, just hours before Anthony killed Metcalf in April 2025, his girlfriend reportedly told an assistant principal that she had tried to end their relationship and that Anthony was stalking her. 

A message recovered from Anthony’s phone that day appeared to show him sending her a photograph of a knife alongside the ominous words: ‘I’m lowkey on the verge.’

Neither Anthony’s defense team or his family responded to Daily Mail’s request for comment. 

Anthony remains in prison about an hour northeast of Houston, appealing his murder conviction.

In a press conference his week, his lawyers explained the appeals process could take years.