PHILADELPHIA - A small plane crashed in the Torresdale section of Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon, injuring two people and prompting emergency response, The Philadelphia Fire Department said.The crash was the result of an emergency landing and occurred at approximately 3:45 p.m. in Fluehr Park.The department said in its release that both people on board were taken to the hospital in serious condition after being extricated from the structure.The incident was placed "under control" at approximately 4:06 p.m., and there was no fire to extinguishofficials said, directing further questions to the Legacy Flight School.
According to publicly available flight tracking websites, the Piper Cherokee took off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport shortly after 3 p.m.
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The park where the plane went down is a little more than two miles southeast of the airport.
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