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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
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Key Points:
- A single-engine plane with four people aboard crashed in a cornfield near East Troy Municipal Airport in Walworth County on Sunday afternoon, with the incident occurring around 1:30 p.m.
- Skydivers from Skydive Milwaukee, some of whom are trained EMTs, witnessed the crash, alerted emergency crews, and landed nearby to provide assistance due to difficult road access.
- Three occupants were transported to a nearby hospital for evaluation, while the fourth was assessed and released at the scene.
- The Federal Aviation Administration and local officials arrived to investigate the crash, restricting access to the site; the cause of the crash remains unknown.
- The plane had taken off from East Troy airport, circled back, and then crashed south of the airport, according to FlightAware data and news footage.
