A video has surfaced on social media platforms in which an aircraft fell on a motorway in Texas and broke into two pieces. Let’s know about this incident.
Watch Video: A heartbreaking incident came to light on Wednesday, in which a dual-engine propeller aircraft crashed on a motorway in Texas and broke into two pieces. A day after the incident, a post has surfaced on social media, which has a full video of this accident. Officials have confirmed that several vehicles collided with it and four people were hospitalized. The Federal Aviation Administration reported that the Piper PA-31 crashed around 3 pm (2:30 AM Indian Time) near a motorway bridge in Victoria, located about 150 miles (240 kilometers) southeast of Houston. Only the pilot was aboard this aircraft. Let’s know about this incident.
Video surfaced
A police statement revealed that three vehicles were damaged in the incident. A video of this has surfaced on social media, in which you can see the aircraft on the road divided into two pieces. In the visuals, it can be seen that the middle part of the aircraft was broken and its debris was lying on top of a car. Here we are sharing that video for you.
#WATCH : Video of the moment when plane crashes into 3 cars on highway in Victoria, Texas
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The injured got medical attention
Victoria Police Deputy Chief Aline Moya confirmed that three persons suffered minor injuries, while one person was transferred to a distant hospital for special care. At the same time, the pilot was given a medical checkup. Moya further said that this is not a common incident, but we are happy that people are fine and they are being examined. Let us tell you that the identity of the pilot has been kept secret. Along with this, the FAA has also confirmed to investigate the incident.
A witness to this incident, Topi Poynor, told that when he reached an intersection, he heard the sound of a small plane’s engine from very close. He further said that the shadow of this plane started appearing on the wall to my left, which passed over my truck. Moments later, it started wobbling at a distance of about 400 meters from me. Poynor said that after the accident they reached the plane and found the pilot conscious, but they were unable to remove him from the debris.