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By Ray Sanchez. Sho Wills and Felicia Schwartz CNN
January 4, 2014 -- Updated 2242 GMT (0642 HKT)
New York (CNN) -- A small plane with engine trouble made a forced landing Saturday on a busy highway in the Bronx, injuring three people, authorities said.
The 1966 Piper PA-28-180 aircraft landed about 3:20 p.m near the East 233rd Street exit on the Major Deegan Expressway, authorities said.
It appears the single-engine plane avoided cars on the normally busy highway that connects the Bronx with Westchester County, said police spokeswoman Annette Markowski.
Police said there were three people on board: the pilot and two passengers.
The three were were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, fire department spokesman Frank Dwyer said.
A hospital spokesman, Steve Clark, said two men and one woman were transported to St. Barnabas. Two of the passengers refused treatment and a woman was treated for a minor head injury, he said. The three were to be discharged.
Fire officials initially said the three suffered serious injuries.
Images from the scene showed the small plane on the highway, surrounded by emergency vehicles and first responders.
There was no immediate information about damage to the aircraft or traffic on the highway at the time of the landing, authorities said.
The northbound lanes on the Major Deegan -- where the plane landed -- were closed, police said. Southbound lanes were still open, except for one lane devoted to emergency vehicles.
The plane is registered to a resident of Westchester County.
By Ray Sanchez. Sho Wills and Felicia Schwartz CNN
January 4, 2014 -- Updated 2242 GMT (0642 HKT)
New York (CNN) -- A small plane with engine trouble made a forced landing Saturday on a busy highway in the Bronx, injuring three people, authorities said.
The 1966 Piper PA-28-180 aircraft landed about 3:20 p.m near the East 233rd Street exit on the Major Deegan Expressway, authorities said.
It appears the single-engine plane avoided cars on the normally busy highway that connects the Bronx with Westchester County, said police spokeswoman Annette Markowski.
Police said there were three people on board: the pilot and two passengers.
The three were were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, fire department spokesman Frank Dwyer said.
A hospital spokesman, Steve Clark, said two men and one woman were transported to St. Barnabas. Two of the passengers refused treatment and a woman was treated for a minor head injury, he said. The three were to be discharged.
Fire officials initially said the three suffered serious injuries.
Images from the scene showed the small plane on the highway, surrounded by emergency vehicles and first responders.
There was no immediate information about damage to the aircraft or traffic on the highway at the time of the landing, authorities said.
The northbound lanes on the Major Deegan -- where the plane landed -- were closed, police said. Southbound lanes were still open, except for one lane devoted to emergency vehicles.
The plane is registered to a resident of Westchester County.
