Plane with six on board crashes in Highlands County

Writer: Matias Abril
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Plane Crash
Plane that crashed in Highlands County. CREDIT: Highlands County Fire Rescue

A small plane with 6 people on board crashed in Highlands County on Friday.

Highlands County Fire Rescue and Highlands County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded Friday evening to a plane crash off O’Neal Road in a remote area of Lorida.

At the scene, medics transported two of the plane’s six passengers for treatment to local hospitals.

Highlands County Fire Rescue at plane crash scene. CREDIT: Highlands County Fire Rescue

The pilot was airlifted to a regional trauma center.

All six occupants of the plane survived and were alert, including the three who were injured.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.

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