A small plane collided with several cars after making a crash landing on Feb. 9 in Georgia, local authoritiesannounced. Two people were taken to the hospital in connection with the incident.
The pilot made an emergency landing in the middle of a roadway in Gainesville, Georgia, after the plane experienced a mechanical failure, according to Gainesville Fire spokesperson Joshua Sheridan. The pilot and a passenger onboard were uninjured. The two motorists were taken to a local hospital as a precaution, Sheridan said.
Videoof the emergency landing shows the plane hit the ground in the middle of the roadway and twist at high speed into traffic. Photossharedby police show the single-engine plane stopped between a Pizza Hut and Golden Corral.
The front of the plane appeared dented in the video, and a propeller blade was twisted. An SUV in one of the photos from the scene had its front bumper knocked off.
USA TODAY has reached out to Gainesville police for more information.
The crash happened near the intersection of Browns Bridge Road and Pearl Nix Parkway in Gainesville, about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta, police said. The city ofnearly 50,000is the seat of Hall County.
Two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a small plane crashed into cars while making an emergency landing on a road in Gainesville, Georgia, police said.https://t.co/Wk2ww5qZ9kpic.twitter.com/eHe8xolzRY
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ABC News shared footage of the crash on social media.
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