Merritt RCMP found a missing man in a plane wreck on the runway of the Merritt Airport early Monday morning.
According to police, an initial investigation led a frontline officer to the Merritt Airport, where he discovered the wreckage of a small white and green plane on the tarmac shortly after midnight.
Police said the officer located the man trapped inside the aircraft and called the Merritt Fire Department and B.C. Emergency Health Services.
Emergency crews then extricated the pilot, who is in his 60s, and rushed him to the hospital with serious injuries. His current condition is unknown.
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada didn香蕉视频直播檛 immediately return a call from Black Press Media.
If you witnessed the incident, you are asked to contact the Merritt detachment at 250-378-4262.
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