A small plane has crashed into a pickup truck as it performed an emergency landing. As reported by FOX 13 Tampa Bay, the incident happened in North Fort Myers.
Per Yahoo!News, the incident happened "near Bayshore Road and I-75". An eyewitness, the wife of the pickup truck driver, posted a video on social media. There, she wrote, "A plane just came down... almost directly on top of my husband!"
"From what we could see, it appeared to be an emergency landing rather than a crash." This is something that has been corroborated by the Lee Country Sheriff's Office.
They wrote in a statement, "The Federal Aviation Administration is the lead agency investigating the crash and was responding to the scene. Thankfully, this incident had a positive outcome, and no one was injured. Given the recent tragic news involving aviation accidents, we are especially grateful that everyone is safe."
However, some other details regarding the crash have not yet been released. The identities of the pilots and also what type of mechanical fault they were experiencing is still currently unknown. WGCU however noted that the plane was registered to Edward Kear of Bonita Springs, Florida. But, that doesn't mean he was the one flying.
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Eyewitnesses Described the Emergency Landing Crash as Stressful
Another eyewitness to the incident, Brandon Hinson of North Fort Myers, explained what he saw to WGCU. He was driving a truck near to the crash at the time.
"I was driving down Bayshore, I had my windows down. I looked over and as I looked over I saw the plane coming nose at an angle down and I sped up in it hit the ground in the far left lane bounced into the middle lane and then into the turn lane and that's why I came to a stop."
He continued, "It landed probably 20 maybe 30 feet behind the truck and trailer I was driving."
This incident could have been a lot more dangerous - Hinson himself described the pilots as being able to "fly pretty well", especially as no one was injured.
In any case, we're glad everyone's okay.
