Pilot suffers serious injuries in Brampton light plane crash

By News Staff

Posted May 21, 2016 6:15 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A pilot is being treated for serious injuries following a light plane crash in Brampton.

Police and emergency crews were called to the Brampton Flying Club in the area of King Street and McLaughlin Road just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon where they discovered a plane upside down in a field.

Paramedics say the pilot was taken to a trauma centre in serious but stable condition.

No word yet on what led to the crash.

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