COLTON — Police, fire and rescue squads responded to reports of a plane crash near 4604 Route 56 shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday.
There were two unidentified male passengers in the aircraft, which was described as a small fixed-wing plane with a propeller.
Troopers said both passengers escaped the plane crash without injuries except for a few minor cuts.
“They were lucky,” Colton Fire Department Chief Aaron Johnson said.
Mr. Johnson said the aircraft possibly was flown out of the Tupper Lake area and the destination was the Hannawa Falls area.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
According to officials on the scene, there was no oil spill because fuel tanks were located in the wings of the aircraft.
State police said the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office was handling the investigation. Sheriff’s deputies did not respond to requests for information.
Route 56 was temporarily turned into a one-lane road while sheriff’s deputies, state police, Colton Fire and Rescue Squads and Pierrepont Fire Department responded to the scene of the crash. The road was reopened with both lanes about 6 p.m.
This is the second plane crash in the Colton area this month.
On the night of May 3, Eric Carrier, 35, of St.-Gedeon-de-Beauce, Quebec, was the sole victim of a plane crash in the vicinity of 327 Windmill Road in South Colton.
