Pilot Injured After Landing On Westmoreland Golf Course

Pilot Flown From Scene By Medical Helicopter

POSTED: 11:38 pm EDT August 19, 2008
UPDATED: 6:55 am EDT August 20, 2008

WESTMORELAND CO., Pa. -- The pilot of an ultra-light plane was injured in an accident in Rostraver Township Tuesday night.

Emergency dispatchers said the slider-type plane made an emergency landing near the clubhouse at Willowbrook Golf Course.

A medical helicopter flew the pilot to a Pittsburgh hospital. His condition is unknown.

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