Santiago : At least four persons were killed after a small plane in which they were flying crashed in Chile, police said.

The accident occurred near the Lequecahue airport in Chile's southern Biobio region on Sunday, killing three men and a woman who were on board, Efe news reported.

The Carabineros -- Chile's militarized police -- identified the victims as pilot Boris Schultz Faundez, Leticia Guzman Pincheira, Gilberto Varela Guzman and Franklin Moya Herrera, all residents of the island.-Agency