LEBANON, Ohio – State Highway Patrol dispatchers say four people on board a small plane were hurt when it crashed in southwest Ohio.
The patrol says the Piper 28 went down shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday near Lebanon in Warren County, about 30 miles north of Cincinnati. A fire at the crash scene was extinguished.
Dispatchers say initial reports indicated one person with serious injuries was flown to a hospital by helicopter and three more with minor injuries were taken by ambulance.
The plane crashed near some homes but there were no reports of injuries to anyone on the ground.
Investigators were trying to determine whether the plane had taken off or was trying to land at the nearby Lebanon-Warren County Airport.
Airport officials had no immediate comment.
