Skydiving plane goes off New Jersey runway and crashes into woods, sending at least 15 to hospital

AP At least people were taken to a hospital when a small skydiving aircraft went off the end of a runway at an airport in southern New Jersey and crashed in a wooded area on Wednesday evening according to administration The episode at the Cross Keys Airport about miles kilometers southeast of Philadelphia involved a Cessna B carrying people according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson who announced it s under research Aerial footage of the crashed plane shows it in a wooded area with several pieces of debris nearby Firetrucks and other exigency vehicles surrounded the scene Three people are being evaluated at Cooper University Hospital s trauma center in Camden New Jersey and eight people with less severe injuries are being treated in its urgency department Wendy A Marano a spokesperson for the hospital explained Four other patients also with minimal injuries are waiting for further evaluation she commented She wasn t able to provide the exact nature of the injuries Members of the hospital s EMS and trauma department were at the crash site she stated A person who answered the phone at Cross Keys Airport on Wednesday declared he had no information and referred questions to Skydive Cross Keys a commercial skydiving business located at the airport Skydive Cross Keys didn t straightaway respond to an email from The Associated Press requesting comment Gloucester County Urgency Management warned the constituents on its Facebook page to avoid the area in order to let crisis vehicles access the site