Emergency crews clean up after a plane crash south of Vanderbilt on I-75
By Roxanne Werly
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 7:05 p.m.
Read more: Local, Breaking, BREAKING News: OTSEGO COUNTY PLANE CRASH, VANDERBILT
VANDERBILT -- Investigators are in route to the site of an early evening plane crash in Otsego County.
The Aeronca brand aircraft crashed around 6:30 p.m. on the shoulder of the southbound lane of I-75 just south of Vanderbilt.
Two men onboard the single engine aircraft had to be extracted by rescuers. Both men, a 52-year-old from Gaylord and a 32-year-old from Gaylord, were transported to Otsego Memorial Hospital in Gaylord where they later died.
The first two people on the scene happened to be two off duty Michigan State Police troopers who helped get the men out of the plane. Witnesses say the plane had been circling at a low height above the interstate before the crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration have both been contacted and will investigate.
I-75 was re-opened to traffic at 10 p.m. Stay tuned to 7 & 4 News for any updates.
