Jonathan Ayestas
WILTON, Calif. —
Four people were hospitalized with critical injuries after a plane crashed in the Wilton area of Sacramento County, officials told KCRA 3 Thursday afternoon.
The plane crashed in front of a property near Alta Mesa and Blake roads, the Sacramento Metro Fire Department said. A small vegetation fire started as a result but has since been extinguished.
The four people on board were sent to nearby hospitals, each in critical condition.
Steven Scharf, a bystander who spoke with KCRA 3, said he heard a large noise in the sky and looked over to notice the aircraft crashing into the front yard of a home before bursting into flames. The witness said he grabbed a fire extinguisher, ran across the street and helped the four people — a woman, two boys and a man — out of the aircraft.
“The gentleman flying came crawling out of the flames so I went to spray him off and he was ok, but I just got everybody away,” Scharf said.
Video obtained by KCRA 3 shows the plane taking off from the Alta Mesa Airpark runway around 4:15 p.m. and going airborne briefly before it starts dipping to its left and diving down before it crashed.
LiveCopter 3 arrived as a medical helicopter was leaving the scene of the plane crash around 5 p.m. The helicopter headed toward the direction of the UC Davis Medical Center.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it has not yet identified what type of aircraft it was that crashed.
https://www.kcra.com/article/plane-down-wilton-sacramento-county/37966377
