Victoria, Texas plane crash update: 1 remains hospitalized; wreckage being cleared
FULL: Victoria plane crash update
Authorities provide an update Thursday on the plane crash that injured a pilot and motorists in Victoria, Texas, on Wednesday.
VICTORIA, Texas - One person remains hospitalized the day after a plane crashed in a Victoria intersection on Wednesday, officials say.
Three people were treated at the hospital and released. One person remains in critical but stable condition at an out-of-town hospital. Officials say the pilot was also examined at the hospital and released.
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The wreckage of a plane crash in Victoria, Texas.
The crash occurred around 3 p.m. at Mockingbird Lane and Zac Lentz Parkway. Victoria police say the plane and three other vehicles were damaged.
The Federal Aviation Administration reports only the pilot was on board the twin-engine Piper PA-31.
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VIDEO: Dashcam shows plane before, after crash
Dash camera video provided to FOX 26, courtesy of Tony Poynor, shows an airplane flying low in the sky before it crashed in an intersection of Victoria.
The cause is still under investigation. Based off the flight path, the plane stayed in the air after take off and circled an area northwest of Victoria before the crash. As the plane was flying back to Victoria, it started to descend from around 16,000 feet.
Debris from the crash remained at the scene on Thursday morning but is being cleared out.
Several agencies, including Texas DPS, the FAA, and the National Transportation Safety Board, are investigating.
The Source: The information in this article is from the Victoria Police Department and the Federal Aviation Administration. FOX 26 also used FlightAware to gather information of the plane's location before the crash.