Two people have been rushed to the hospital after a plane crashed in the woods across from US-1 near the St. Augustine airport Thursday.
The St. Augustine Fire Chief Carlos Aviles confirmed that the plane was on fire at one point. Everyone has been extricated from the plane, he says.
The Florida Highway Patrol says a husband and wife, 61 and 59, are in the hospital with non-life-threatening but 'extensive' injuries. FHP says a dog was transported. The man was flying the plane, and shortly after take off from the Northeast Florida Regional Airport, the aircraft crashed into a wooded area near US-1 and Avenue B.
FAA was notified and is investigating.