GRAND RAPIDS, Wis. — A man and woman suffered traumatic head injuries when their single-engine plane crashed in a residential area. There was no fire. When police arrived, the pilot had climbed out of the wreckage and was wandering around. Wood County Sheriff Shawn Becker said both victims were hospitalized, one 35 miles away in Marshfield, the other four miles in Wisconsin Rapids. The sheriff declined to release the names. The crash was about 11 a.m. Witnesses said the plane came on Whitrock Avenue, crossed over 16th Street South, struck a parked vehicle. and continued down Whitrock. It flipped when it hit a stop sign.
Top side down. Flight plan not known immediately. The crash was five was from runways at the South Wood County airport in Wisconsin Rapids.