Small plane crash lands on freeway in LA area

PASADENA, California (AP) -- A small plane crashed onto a heavily traveled
freeway, clipping a vehicle and injuring two people aboard the plane,
authorities said Saturday.

The 1952 Beech Bonanza V35 had engine failure late Friday due to a fuel
problem on its way from Sacramento to Fullerton and crashed onto the Ventura
Freeway, fire Capt. Ed Cowan said.

Its wing clipped a vehicle, but the driver was not injured.

The plane's male pilot had cuts to his head and eye, and a female passenger
had neck pain.

Both were in stable condition at a hospital.

The crash closed sections of the freeway for about five hours as crews
removed the wreckage and cleaned up a small fuel leak, Cowan said.

"The good fortune is at this time of night there's not a lot of freeway
traffic," Cowan said. "It could have been worse than it was."

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