Plane crashes into road in the Black Country - Pilot escapes with minor injuries
A plane crashed into a road in Kingswinford on Saturday afternoon.
South Staffs Police said they responded to a "light aircraft colliding with the Kidderminster Road A449 in Kingswinford at 2:20pm."
The incident appears to have occurred on Doctors Lane. That road was still closed at both ends at 17:45 but the A449 was open to traffic.
Police were, however, urging people to avoid the area, confirming that "officers have closed part of the road whilst the Civil Aviation Authority lead the investigation"
The pilot escaped with minor injuries and no one else was involved, according to officers.
A spokesperson for the Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the Department for Transport said: "An accident involving a light aircraft at Kingswinford, was reported to the AAIB this afternoon.
"An investigation has been launched and we have begun making enquiries."
Eyewitness Sharni Holloway told Express & Star: "Me and my family were playing football golf in Kingswinford when we saw the small plane overhead, we noticed how shaky it was and how it kept dipping left and right, then declining.
"My other half said something didn’t look right.
"About 5 minutes later we heard sirens and an air ambulance overhead, that when I thought the plane had crashed - which was later confirmed on social media. - we sincerely hope everyone involved is okay."
