Plane crashes into Essex reservoir in ‘serious incident’ 

Flowers laid outside the site following the crash at Hanningfield Reservoir (Picture: EssexLive/BPM Media)

Police declared a ‘serious incident’ after a light aircraft crashed into the water at a reservoir in Essex yesterday.

Flowers have been left at the fence of Hanningfield Reservoir’s surrounding nature reserve, which is closed while officers investigate.

Details of how many people were on board, and if there were any casualties, have not yet been released.

The crash happened just after 2pm on Sunday...