One person has died after an airplane crashed into a vehicle on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Lawrence Sager, 74, of Harrisburg died Wednesday at UPMC Harrisburg Hospital, according to a spokesperson for Dauphin County. He was in the plane and suffered multiple traumatic injuries in the crash.
Reported earlier:
Emergency personnel responded to a report that an airplane crashed into a vehicle shortly after 2:30 p.m. on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the interchange with Interstate 83, according to York County 911.
“While information is still evolving, we can report that, at about 2:30 p.m. today, a Cessna 180, crashed at on I-76 at the Harrisburg West Interchange, exit 242,” Rosanne Placey, manager of communications and marketing for the Pennsylvania Turnpike. “There were two occupants on the plane. One is being transported via aeromedical helicopter and the second patient is being treated at the scene. The FAA is on scene. A maintenance bucket truck was also struck. The occupant of the truck was not injured. All ramps at the Harrisburg West Interchange remain closed.”
State police say the plane was attempting to make an emergency landing when the crash happened. It struck the side of the bucket truck that was exiting the Harrisburg interchange of the Turnpike, a news release states.
One person has died after an airplane crashed into a vehicle on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Lawrence Sager, 74, of Harrisburg died Wednesday at UPMC Harrisburg Hospital, according to a spokesperson for Dauphin County. He was in the plane and suffered multiple traumatic injuries in the crash.
Reported earlier:
Emergency personnel responded to a report that an airplane crashed into a vehicle shortly after 2:30 p.m. on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the interchange with Interstate 83, according to York County 911.
“While information is still evolving, we can report that, at about 2:30 p.m. today, a Cessna 180, crashed at on I-76 at the Harrisburg West Interchange, exit 242,” Rosanne Placey, manager of communications and marketing for the Pennsylvania Turnpike. “There were two occupants on the plane. One is being transported via aeromedical helicopter and the second patient is being treated at the scene. The FAA is on scene. A maintenance bucket truck was also struck. The occupant of the truck was not injured. All ramps at the Harrisburg West Interchange remain closed.”
State police say the plane was attempting to make an emergency landing when the crash happened. It struck the side of the bucket truck that was exiting the Harrisburg interchange of the Turnpike, a news release states.