A small plane in distress ended up a ditch while making an emergency landing on a Manitoba highway Thursday night.
The TBM 8 single-engine aircraft stopped in a ditch on the north side of the road on Highway 45, east of Sandy Lake, while en route from The Pas to Brandon, according to a news release from the Manitoba RCMP.
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Following the crash, one of the four people on board was taken to hospital with what were believed to be minor injuries, police said.
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Local RCMP detachments were notified of the aircraft trying to land on the highway around 7:10 p.m. on Thursday.
The Transportation Safety Board was notified of the emergency landing.
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