One person is believed to have been killed when a light plane crashed at Arrowtown this afternoon.
The plane, which had left from Invercargill, crashed between the 5th and 8th hole of the Arrowtown golf course on Centennial Ave.
Police say there were three people on board the plane.
Mark Shepherd, an assistant manager at the course, said members on the course heard the crash and took a cart to the scene. He said they called emergency services which arrived quickly.
Shepherd told ONE News club members described the plane as "all torn up, with a wing off and the front shredded up".
From the club house, which is some distance form the crash site, Shepherd said he couldn't see any smoke. But he said he fears it is quite serious because the crash was heard right around the course.
Shepherd said there is a small private airstrip nearby.
A local resident said it looks as if the aircraft has hit the ground very hard.
Eyewitnesses said it appears the plane may have slammed into a hillside on the golf course.
Wreckage is spread over some distance.
There was some rain and a breeze about at the time of the crash.
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