Single-engine plane crashes in Rancho Cucamonga; pilot injured
A man was injured Friday evening when the single-engine plane he was piloting crashed in a field in Rancho Cucamonga.
The crash occurred about 6:15 p.m. at Haven Avenue and Almond Street, said San Bernardino County Fire Battalion Chief Eric Noreen.
Bystanders helped free the pilot, who was taken to a trauma center. His condition was not immediately known.
No injuries were reported on the ground, and there were no other people on the plane, Noreen said. Fire crews contained a small fuel leak from the aircraft.
The plane crashed in a “very open field,” but the accident site is at the base of foothills, Noreen said, near power lines and homes.
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