Three witnesses to a plane crash in a Maryland creek rescued the pilot, using kayaks to reach him.
Three people used kayaks to reach the pilot of the single-engine plane that had crashed into Beards CreekWitnesses to a small plane crash jumped aboard kayaks on Monday and rescued the pilot from a frozen creek in Edgewater, Md., authorities said.
The rescue occurred before 10:30 a.m., when a Piper Cherokee single-engine plane took off from Lee Airport in Edgewater, according to Maryland State Police. As soon as the plane took off, witnesses recalled hearing the engine sputter and seeing the plane crash into Beards Creek.Two witnesses and an off-duty Anne Arundel County police officer, who had overheard a dispatch call about the crash over police radio, used three kayaks to skim across the ice-covered creek to reach the downed plane.
Couchman was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center, where police said he is receiving medical treatment for injuries sustained in the crash.
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