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Small Plane Crashes Near School

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(MERIDEN,Conn./WTIC Radio)  - A small plane crashed Thursday evening onto a baseball field at Wilcox  Technical High School on Oregon Road  in Meriden.The plane came down not far from Meriden Markham Airport  around 7 o'clock.The plane hit a high tension line and  cut electricity to about  17,000 Eversource customers.

Eversource says two transmission lines and a substation were impacted.


The pilot was practicing "touch and go's"taking off and landing  at the airport when the crash occurred.

The two people on board were taken to an area hospital with what  were believed to be non-life threatening injuries.

The FAA is expected to investigate.