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One person was injured after a small plane collided with a car during an emergency landing on the I-95 highway near Orlando on Monday, Dec. 8
The 27-year-old male pilot and a 27-year-old male passenger were not injured, but the 57-year-old driver of a 2023 Toyota Camry was transported to a nearby hospital
This came several hours after another small plane had to make an emergency landing in DeLand, a city located 46 miles outside of Orlando
One person was injured after a small plane made an emergency landing on a popular Florida highway.
The incident occurred on the southbound lanes of I-95 at around 5:45 p.m. on Monday Dec. 8 when the plane made an emergency landing into traffic and collided into a car, according to local outletsFox 13 News,Click OrlandoandWESH, which cited the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) and Brevard County Fire Rescue.
There were two people on board the plane — described as a fixed-wing multi-engine Beechcraft 55 — a 27-year-old male pilot and a 27-year-old male passenger, per Fox 13 News. Neither were reportedly injured in the incident, per the outlet.
The car involved in the incident was a 2023 Toyota Camry that was being driven by a 57-year-old woman. She was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries, Fox 13 News reported.
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FHP and Brevard County Fire Rescue did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment on the incident.
A photo of the crash obtained by Fox 13 News and Click Orlando showed the small plane in the middle of several lanes on the highway. The front of the plane appeared to be damaged from the crash. As for the Toyota Camry, it sustained heavy damage, as the back and sides of the car appeared bent from the collision.
Neither department shared what may have led to the collision on the I-95. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will be leading the investigation into the crash, while FHP will investigate the vehicle crash, according to Click Orlando.
Following the incident, a portion of the highway near the 201 mile marker was closed to traffic while agencies cleared the scene and launched their investigation. The roadway was eventually cleared a few hours late at around 9 a.m., per Fox 13 News.
This wasn't the only small plane crash in Florida on Dec. 8. A Cessna 172 plane made an emergency landing on Jacobs Road in DeLand, located 46 miles outside of Orlando, at around 2 p.m. that same day, per Fox 13 News and Click Orlando.
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Two people, who were conscious after the crash, were transported to a nearby hospital and treated for their injuries, per the outlets.
One bystander, William Baith, toldFox 13 News, that he saw the single-engine plane flying "extremely low" prior to the crash, "maybe 100 feet off the ground." He added to the outlet, "I knew that it was a problem for sure."
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