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Small plane crashes into pickup truck on busy Florida highway
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- A Cessna 172 made an emergency landing on a busy highway in Fort Myers, Florida, after the pilot reported an engine issue, grazing the rear of a pickup truck but causing no injuries.
- The plane took off from Sebring, Florida, around 11 a.m. and attempted the emergency landing approximately 50 minutes later on Bayshore Road.
- Two people were on board the aircraft, and the pickup truck was traveling eastbound at the time of the incident.
- Authorities, including the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and Florida’s Department of Transportation, safely relocated the aircraft, with the FAA leading the investigation.
- Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno expressed relief over the outcome, describing it as remarkably fortunate given the circumstances.
