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Plane Crashes on Ohio Interstate
Thu May 16,10:02 AM ET
PICKERINGTON, Ohio (AP) - A small plane clipped a light pole and flipped over early Thursday while trying to make an emergency landing on Interstate 70 near this Columbus suburb.
Pilot Bruce Anderson, 51, of Columbus and passenger William Kreuger IV, 22, of Huron crawled out and were not hurt, said state Trooper Virgil Conley, who was in his car watching for speeders and was nearly hit by the plane.
The plane ended up partly on the interstate and partly in the median after the 3:15 a.m. crash.
It apparently had ran out of fuel during the planned flight from Oneida County Airport in New York to Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Conley said.
Conley said he watched the 1976 single-engine Piper Cherokee bank hard between two light poles and above the westbound lanes as it attempted to land on the interstate. It ended up about 50 feet from the trooper.
"At first, I was kind of dumbfounded," Conley said. "Then I realized he was coming right toward me."
Conley said he put his car in reverse but realized he couldn't go on the freeway because of oncoming trucks.
"Basically, I had no where to go," he said. "All options were bad."
The wreckage reduced traffic to one lane on the highway 13 miles east of Columbus during the morning rush hour.
The patrol said the plane would be hauled away on a flatbed truck after it was released by federal investigators.
Thu May 16,10:02 AM ET
PICKERINGTON, Ohio (AP) - A small plane clipped a light pole and flipped over early Thursday while trying to make an emergency landing on Interstate 70 near this Columbus suburb.
Pilot Bruce Anderson, 51, of Columbus and passenger William Kreuger IV, 22, of Huron crawled out and were not hurt, said state Trooper Virgil Conley, who was in his car watching for speeders and was nearly hit by the plane.
The plane ended up partly on the interstate and partly in the median after the 3:15 a.m. crash.
It apparently had ran out of fuel during the planned flight from Oneida County Airport in New York to Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Conley said.
Conley said he watched the 1976 single-engine Piper Cherokee bank hard between two light poles and above the westbound lanes as it attempted to land on the interstate. It ended up about 50 feet from the trooper.
"At first, I was kind of dumbfounded," Conley said. "Then I realized he was coming right toward me."
Conley said he put his car in reverse but realized he couldn't go on the freeway because of oncoming trucks.
"Basically, I had no where to go," he said. "All options were bad."
The wreckage reduced traffic to one lane on the highway 13 miles east of Columbus during the morning rush hour.
The patrol said the plane would be hauled away on a flatbed truck after it was released by federal investigators.