TWO HURT AS PLANE SLAMS ONTO FREEWAY IN LANDING TRY.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Two people were injured, one critically, late Friday when the pilot of a single-engine plane tried to make an emergency landing on the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. , clipping a Jeep Cherokee Jeep Cherokee can refer to five different SUV models produced by Jeep from 1974 to the present:
According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. , Barry Baxter, 63, of Brea was piloting his 1951 Beechcraft plane from Oregon to Fullerton Airport about 11 p.m. Friday when the incident occurred. ``The engine quit,'' Baxter, a flight instructor A flight instructor is a person who teaches others to fly aircraft. Specific privileges granted to holders of a flight instructor certificate vary from country to country, but very generally, a flight instructor serves to enhance or evaluate the knowledge and skill level of an , said Saturday. Officials said Baxter attempted to land the plane on the freeway in the westbound lane just east of San Rafael Way. He was within three feet of the roadway and traveling about 90 mph when the leading edge of the plane's right wing hit a 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee The Jeep Grand Cherokee is a mid-size sport utility vehicle produced by the Jeep division of DaimlerChrysler. European Grand Cherokees are manufactured in Austria by Magna Steyr. Development The Grand Cherokee was a spinoff of the smaller Jeep Cherokee. driven by Charles Redmond, 18, of Glendale, that was traveling at 65 mph to 70 mph. The impact caused the plane to rotate, stall out and drop onto the freeway, then flip over and skid to a stop, officials said. ``We spun around and flipped upside down and crashed,'' Baxter said. About 30 firefighters from the Pasadena Fire Department extricated ex·tri·cate tr.v. ex·tri·cat·ed, ex·tri·cat·ing, ex·tri·cates 1. To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage. 2. Archaic To distinguish from something related. Baxter and his passenger, Dawn Hess, 48, of Downey from the plane and cleaned up 25 gallons of spilled aviation fuel. Baxter and Hess were taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, where they were recovering Saturday. Baxter said Hess is one of his students. Lisa Derderian, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department, said Baxter suffered moderate injuries to his face and jaw, and Hess suffered minor head and arm injuries. Redmond was not injured. ``(Redmond) was more mesmerized from looking in his rear-view mirror and seeing a plane landing,'' Derderian said. ``That's something you don't see every day.'' The freeway was reopened by 4:25 a.m. Saturday. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: A single-engine plane whose pilot tried to make an emergency landing on the Ventura Freeway on Friday night clipped the rear of an SUV and flipped over, injuring the pilot and a passenger. The Jeep driver was not hurt. Mike Meadows/Special to the Daily News |
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