Pilot Seriously Injured when Plane Crashes in FL Church Parking Lot
Source Firehouse.com News
A member of the Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Bartow discovered a plane that crashed in their parking lot after hearing a loud bang during a Sunday service.
About 300 congregants were in the church when they heard the crash just after 12 p.m. The single engine plane struck a utility pole and vehicle.
"Someone went outside to check it out and informed the church there was a plane crash in the parking lot," Polk County Fire Rescue spokesman Kevin Watler said in a release.
Two nurses began rendering aid to the pilot until Polk County firefighters arrived.
The pilot was airlifted to Lakeland Regional Health and said to be in serious condition, according to Watler.
Six cars in the parking lot were damaged.
The National Transportation Safety Board is conducting an investigation into the crash.
