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Lucky Escape After Light Plane Strikes Moving Car
Four people were assessed and two were taken to hospital with head injuries after the Australian Transport Safety Bureau began investigating the crash.
- On Tuesday afternoon, a Piper PA-28 light plane struck a car near Lilydale Airport in Yering, northeast of Melbourne, at approximately 2:30 PM.
- It is understood the plane clipped a white Volkswagen SUV travelling on a road next to the airport; an SES crew helped free one person from the vehicle.
- Paramedics assessed four people at the scene following the crash. "Two people, a woman in her 60s and a man in his 70s, were transported by road ambulance to Maroondah Hospital, both with head injuries in a stable condition."
- MacIntyre Lane was temporarily closed between Victoria and Melba Highway while emergency services managed the scene; the road reopened by 4:30 PM.
- The Australian Transport Safety Bureau confirmed it is investigating the incident and will move the substantially damaged aircraft to a secure location for further examination.
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Small Plane Crashes Into Moving Car in Australia, Leaving 2 People Injured - NewsTmes.com.ng
(Plane crashed into a car. Photo by Daily Mail) A small airplane accidentally hit a car driving near the runway at Lilydale Airportin Yering, near Melbourne. Emergency crews were called around 2.30pm. Paramedics checked four people at the scene. Two of them, a woman in her 60s and a man in his 70s, were …
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