Crime & Safety
Update: Pilot Survives Ultralight Plane Crash
Pilot of the small craft reportedly taken to hospital with broken legs, facial injuries after crashing in Fountain Inn.

Update: The pilot of a ultralight aircraft that crashed in Fountain Inn near the 300 block of Main Street reportedly sustained non-life threatening injuries after his craft came down behind Pet Parlor, WYFF reported.
Witnesses said the man took off and had reached about tree height before the featherlight started to go down.
In a Fox Carolina report, witnesses said they ran toward the downed plane while another called 911. Some of the witnesses pulled the man out of the plane, which was reportedly spilling gasoline, the report said.
Emergency responders said the man was alert and conscious when they arrived, and he was taken Greenville Memorial Hospital, Fox reported.
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Family members told the station the unidentified man broke his legs and suffered some facial injuries.
Original: An ultralight plane that took off Monday afternoon crashed in Fountain Inn, Fox Carolina reported.
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The small, personal plane was found crashed in a field off Main Street in the Golden Strip town, the station reported.
Officials on scene said a person was taken to the hospital for unspecified injuries, the station reported.
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