Small plane crashes while trying to land on upstate NY road, seriously hurting 2 women aboard

Small plane crashes on upstate NY road, hurting 2

PALERMO, N.Y. — Police say a small plane has crashed while trying to land on a roadway in upstate New York, seriously injuring two women aboard.

Syracuse Hancock International Airport had received a distress call from the plane shortly before it crashed about 25 miles away.

The crash was reported Sunday afternoon to police in Oswego (ahs-WEE’-goh) County, on the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario.

One of the injured women has been taken by helicopter to a hospital. The other has been taken by ambulance.

The Piper Cherokee plane was attempting to land on County Route 45 in Palermo, a town of about 4,000 residents.