Pilot of crashed plane was taken to hospital after emergency landing in Kingswinford
Police have confirmed that a pilot who suffered minor injuries when a small plane crashed in a country lane was taken to hospital - as accident investigators said their probe was in its early stages.
Passing motorists and the emergency services rushed to the man's aid when the green and white light aircraft clipped a hedge and overturned off the A449 near Kingswinford near Dudley at around 2.20pm on Saturday.
In a statement Staffordshire Police said: "We were called at 2.18pm on March 4 to Doctors Lane, in Ashwood, South Staffordshire, following reports of a light aircraft conducting an emergency landing.
"We attended along with colleagues from West Midlands Ambulance Service and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service. The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft, a man in his 50s, was taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment of a head injury.
"His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing."
The aircraft and debris were removed from the scene a short time later.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the Department for Transport said an investigation into the cause of the crash was in the "early stages".
