Pilot injured in plane crash near Granite Falls
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY, Minn. - A pilot was injured in a plane crash in western Minnesota on Friday morning.
According to the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office, deputies learned that there was crash east of the Granite Falls Airport shortly after 7 a.m.
The 67-year-old pilot was treated at the scene and airlifted to a Twin Cities hospital. The extent of his injuries is unknown.
He was flying a small 1971 American Aviation AA-1A 2-seat plane. The crash is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.
