Stow, MA plane crash: 3 survive, new photos of scene near home
Three people were hurt in a small plane crash near homes in Stow, Massachusetts, on Sunday, officials said.
All three were flown to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester and are expected to survive the crash, according to a representative for Stow police.
The single-engine Cessna 182 plane with three people aboard crashed about 1 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating what happened. They didn't share a suspected cause as they began the investigation Sunday afternoon.
The plane landed between two houses on Taylor Road, in an area near Minuteman Air Field, Stow police said. Photos from the scene showed the crumpled plane near a child's swing set and a trampoline. More than one person called 911 about the crash in the heavily wooded residential area.
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One of the passengers had gotten themselves out of the crashed plane, while two others had to be removed. All three were taken by ambulance to the air field, where they were flown by medical helicopter to the hospital for serious injuries.
Authorities haven't shared the names of the people in the crash.
No one was in the homes near where the plane crashed, police said. A tree knocked over by the plane grazed a home, which received superficial damage.
NBC10 Boston The wreck of a small plane that crashed near a home in Stow, Massachusetts, on Sunday, July 23, 2023.
Confirming the plane crash, the Stow Fire Department asked the public to avoid the area of Taylor Road.
The Boxborough Fire Department posted on social media that they were en route to assist at the scene.
Source: NBC10 Boston
