3 taken to hospital after small plane crashes in East Knoxville neighborhood

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Three people were taken to a hospital after a small plane crashed in the front yard of an East Knoxville home on Tuesday afternoon

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Three men were taken to a hospital after a small plane crashed in the front yard of an East Knoxville home on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

The plane landed on top of a car in the driveway at 1114 Groner Drive, in the Morningside neighborhood just east of downtown Knoxville. The crash was reported to E-911 at 3:18 p.m.

A small plane sits crashed into a tree and surrounding vehicles on Groner Drive in East Knoxville ...more

A small plane sits crashed into a tree and surrounding vehicles on Groner Drive in East Knoxville Tuesday Dec. 19, 2017. The three people in the plane were taken to University of Tennessee Medical Center. (Caitie McMekin/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)

Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel

The men managed to get out of the plane on their own and were "conscious and alert" when firefighters arrived, Knoxville Fire Department Capt. D.J. Corcoran said. The men were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. No one else was hurt.

"I kind of hesitate to say minor injuries, but for a plane crash, I would be ecstatic to walk away with the injuries that they had, considering what it could have been," Corcoran said. KPD Sergeant Samuel Henard gives an update on a plane that crashed in East Knoxville on Tuesday, Dec.

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"It's interesting," said Knoxville Police Department Sgt. Samuel Henard. "I've seen a lot of plane crashes in the Knoxville area, but I’ve never seen one right here so close to all these houses.

"Our hearts are going out to the folks that are obviously in the plane, but we’re also blessed that all the folks that were outside on this warm December day were not injured as well."

When the plane crashed, Tarell Bingham, 23, said he was inside the home at 1114 Groner Drive with his grandmother, uncle and 3-year-old cousin.

Bingham said he was asleep when his family members heard a "boom."

"My granny walked outside and said, 'Oh, it's a plane in the yard.' ... She opened the door, talking about it's a plane in the yard."


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