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At least two peo­ple are dead af­ter a midair col­li­sion in­volv­ing two small planes in south­ern Ari­zona, au­thor­i­ties said Wednes­day.

The Na­tion­al Trans­porta­tion Safe­ty Board said it is in­ves­ti­gat­ing the col­li­sion near an air­port on the out­skirts of Tuc­son. The Marana Po­lice De­part­ment con­firmed two deaths af­ter re­spond­ing to the crash.

The As­so­ci­at­ed Press left a mes­sage with a po­lice spokesper­son seek­ing ad­di­tion­al de­tails.