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Small plane hits parked minivan outside Wisconsin capital

A small plane lost power and crash-landed into a parked minivan in Waunakee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday. No deaths were reported, and the plane's occupants only sustained minor injuries.

A small plane lost power and crash-landed into a parked minivan in a southern Wisconsin city on Wednesday, authorities said.

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The two people on board the plane suffered minor injuries in the afternoon incident in Waunakee, about 10 miles north of Madison, but no one was killed, WMTV reported.

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Waunakee Police Chief Adam Kreitzman told the television station that the single-engine plane had just taken off from the city’s airport when it lost power. The pilot tried to land on a neighborhood street, but the aircraft smashed into the minivan. The two injured people were taken to a hospital.

Kreitzman said it was miraculous that no one was hurt worse, and his agency and the National Traffic and Safety Board are investigating the crash.

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