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Aircraft crashes in St. Joseph County

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THREE RIVERS, Mich. — Police and fire crews in St. Joseph County responded to a wooded area on Aug. 6 for a report that an aircraft crashed in the area.

The wooded area is off of Hov Aire Drive near M-60 and crews got there around 7:30 p.m.

It was a single seat, single engine, fixed-wing aircraft that crashed. The pilot walked away from the scene and was taken to an area emergency room as a precaution.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the crash and the area will remain closed until that investigation is complete.