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Light plane crashes into vehicles

11:45 AM MDT on Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Associated Press

Marissa Bagg, KREM.com

A small plane crashed on top of a pick-up Monday night near Boyington Field in Hayden, ID.

COEUR d'ALENE - A fire inspector says a twin-engine plane lost power and crashed into two parked vehicles near Pappy Boyington Field in Kootenai County, Idaho.

One of the two men aboard the plane was sent to a hospital with minor injuries while the other walked away from the crash.

Inspector Tyler Drechsel of Northern Lakes Fire District says the pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings Monday evening when the plane crashed into a pickup and a Sno-Cat vehicle parked near the Kootenai Electric Cooperative office. The vehicles are owned by the power company.

Drechsel says firefighters sprayed foam on fuel that spilled in the wake of the crash.

The men aboard the plane have not been identified.