71-year-old man suffers non-life-threatening injuries in Greene County plane crash

Medics transported a 71-year-old man to the hospital after an ultralight plane crashed into a ditch in Greene County Monday evening.

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to South Charleston Road in Jamestown around 7:15 p.m. for a plane crash.

A preliminary investigation determined an Aerolite103 ultralight plane was airborne at around 400 to 500 feet and trying to continue to climb when the plane dropped into a nearby ditch, according to OSHP.

A 71-year-old man was operating the plane and taken to Miami Valley Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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