Two Seriously Injured in Fond du Lac Plane Crash

FOND DU LAC COUNTY, Wis. -- Two men were injured and transported to the hospital following a plane crash at the Fond du Lac County Airport just after 8 a.m. Thursday.

According to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's office, deputies were called to the scene at 8:20 a.m. after a small, single-engine plane was observed coming in low and crashed.

According to a report from Fox 11 in Fond du Lac, the crash happened in a field in the northwest corner of the airport, just west of the north-south runway.

Two men who officials estimated were in their 60s were on board the single-engine two-seater, Fox 11 has reported. They were airlifted to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah. Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue Chief Peter O'Leary says the men's injuries were serious.

Officials have not identified the men, and have yet to release where they were from.

Photo credit: Twitter via Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue