VICTORIA, Texas (AP) \u2014 A twin-engine propeller plane crashed onto a Texas highway and split in two Wednesday afternoon, scattering debris across the road and sending four people to hospitals, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Piper PA-31 with just the pilot aboard crashed about 3 p.m. near a highway overpass in Victoria, some 150 miles (240 kilometers) southwest of Houston, the Federal Aviation Administration said. A police video statement on Facebook said three vehicles were damaged and images showed the aircraft split at the fuselage with part of the wreckage resting atop a car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Victoria Police Deputy Chief Eline Moya said three people had non-life threatening injuries, one was transported to an out-of-town hospital for higher level treatment, and the pilot was being evaluated. Moya did not specify if the pilot was among those taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is not something we see every day, but we are glad that people seem to be OK and they\u2019re getting checked out,\u201d Moya said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pilot\u2019s name and condition were not immediately released. The FAA said it would investigate the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tony Poynor said he was approaching an intersection when he started hearing the sound of a small plane engine very close to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo the left of me you start seeing on the wall a shadow of this plane,\u201d he said. \u201cThen it passed over the top of my truck. And it\u2019s still horizontal at this point, then about a quarter of a mile in front of me it starts to wobble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that after the crash, he approached the plane and the pilot was conscious but was unable to get him out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n