7 Hospitalized After Florida Plane Crash: What To Know
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Seven people were taken to the hospital after a small plane clipped a car before crashing into a sidewalk in Florida Monday evening, according to local television news station WPTV.
There were two people on board the aircraft, an Orlican M8 Eagle, when it crashed in Lake Worth, Florida, around 4:45 p.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Newsweek in an email Monday night.
The single engine airplane scraped the top of a car before crashing into a sidewalk, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) told the station.
Authorities took a total of seven people, two from the plane and five from the car, to the hospital following the crash, according to WPTV.
The nature and severity of the injuries as well as the ages of the victims were not immediately released.
PBCFR told WPTV that two patients were taken as trauma alerts while five others were taken to the hospital as a precaution.
Lake Worth sits just 10 miles south of Palm Beach.
Newsweek has reached out the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Palm Beach County Fire Rescue via email Monday night for more information.
This is a breaking news story. Updates to come.
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