PHOTOS: Man hurt in Midlands plane crash
Updated | By Bernadette Wolhuter
A man has been rushed to hospital, after the light aircraft he was flying crashed in the Dargle Valley in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands this morning.
The plane is believed to be a crop sprayer.
"Medics carefully extricated the man and assessed him. He was in a critical condition, having sustained numerous injuries," he said.
ER24's Russel Meiring says the cause of the crash is unknown at this stage.
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Meiring says ER24, IPSS Medical Rescue and provincial ambulance services arrived at the scene shortly after 11.30am.
"Medics carefully extricated the man and assessed him. He was in a critical condition, having sustained numerous injuries," he said.
The man was treated by an advanced life support paramedic before he was airlifted to a Pietermaritzburg medical facility for further treatment.
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