BUFFALO, Iowa — A single-engine plane with two people on board crashed onto Highway 22 in Buffalo just before 2 a.m. on Saturday, according to a release from the Buffalo Police Department.
Around 1:40 a.m. on April 22, Buffalo Police were initially called to a report of a vehicle accident in the 300 block of W. Front Street (also known as Hwy 22), near the Casey's gas station. When they arrived, they found that accident involved a single-engine plane.
The investigation found that the plane was experiencing an engine malfunction and that the pilot was attempting to make an emergency landing onto Highway 22.
As they were landing, the plane's wing clipped a telephone pole, which caused the plane to crash into the railroad tracks on the south side of the highway, police said.
The pilot and one passenger were on board. Both were treated and released on scene by responding medical personnel.
The Buffalo Police Department was assisted by the Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department, the Scott County Sheriff's Department, and Medic.