Plane in fatal Peterborough crash was stolen: police
Posted Aug 12, 2016 06:42:01 AM.
Last Updated Aug 12, 2016 09:17:25 AM.
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One man is dead after a plane crashed onto a Peterborough street early on Friday morning.
The police have confirmed that the plane was stolen from a rural airport in the GTA. Police did not name the airport, but did say it wasn’t Buttonville.
Chris Barry, deputy chief of operations at Peterborough EMS, confirmed the crash.
Emergency crews were dispatched to High Street and Lansdowne Street around 1:30 a.m.
The man, believed to be in his 20s or 30s, was the only person on board the plane. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He was still strapped in when crews arrived.
Police say the incident was a crime and are treating it as such.
Lansdowne will be closed for the investigation.
