Witnesses Report Plane Crash; Officials Find No Evidence of Accident
BIG POOL, Md. - Crews searched for a reported plane crash at Fort Frederick State Park in Big Pool Saturday.
Crews in Washington County, Maryland responded to the scene after a driver on Interstate 70 said they saw a small plane dip down into the river at the park and then saw smoke appear.
A helicopter was called in to investigate, as well as a water rescue crew.
After about an hour of searching, crews were unable to find anything related to a plane crash.
"Nothing was found. Some of the officers and local individuals, they know the plane that they saw. He [the piliot] does from time to time, and they figured he went below the horizon. Somebody on the interstate called, and at that time we got called. Basically its a good intent call," said Sgt. Walter May, with the Natural Resource Police.
Nobody was injured, and officials say the plane did not crash.
Crews search for possible plane crash near Big Pool, come up empty
A search by emergency crews in Washington County and Berkeley and Morgan counties in West Virginia came up empty after a motorist on Interstate 70 reported a possible plane crash Saturday afternoon near Big Pool, according to Washington County Emergency Communications.
The call came in at 12:08 p.m. from a person who reported seeing a low-flying aircraft go behind a treeline and also seeing a column of smoke, a 911 dispatcher said.
Firefighters from Clear Spring, Hancock, Williamsport and Maugansville joined the search, and crews from Morgan and Berkeley counties searched south of the Potomac River, the dispatcher said.
A Clear Spring ambulance and Washington County Special Operations also took part in the search before it was called off at 1:17 p.m., the dispatcher said.
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