A floatplane crashed shortly after take-off from a private property on 1300 Macaulay Road, near Black Creek, on Saturday.
The pilot of the private plane was injured, according to Bruce Green, chief of the Oyster River Volunteer Fire Rescue Association, who responded to a call at 1:40 p.m.
鈥淲hen we got there, fortunately the pilot was already out of the plane. He had some injuries but he seemed to be doing fine and was walking around,鈥� Green said. There were no other passengers on board.
According to Bruce the plane didn鈥檛 get enough lift and ended up in the ditch soon after take-off.
Paramedics tended to the pilot after BC ambulance and RCMP arrived at the scene.
