1 seriously injured in small plane crash in Florida Single-engine plane crashes in Mulberry
A small plane crashes in Mulberry.
MULBERRY, Fla. – A single-engine plane carrying two people crashed Monday in Polk County, sending one person to the hospital, deputies said.
The crash was reported at 11:39 a.m. in Mulberry.
Polk County officials said the aircraft descended into a heavily wooded area and no surrounding structures were in danger.
One patient was taken as a trauma alert to a local hospital, deputies said. The other refused treatment, according to authorities.
No other details were immediately released.
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