Small plane with 2 aboard crashes near Knightdale

KNIGHTDALE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Wake County Sheriff's Office said on Wednesday afternoon that it was responding to Three Sisters Road near Knightdale to "assist with a report of an incident involving an aircraft."

Chopper 11 was over the scene where a small plane went down at the end of the Raleigh East Airport runway. Knightdale Police said.

Knightdale PD said two people were on board the craft. When emergency workers arrived, they found them conscious and alert.

"Units are working on getting two patients out of the plane, but the status of the patients and what occurred is currently unknown," a Knightdale PD spokesperson said in an email to ABC11.

Raleigh-Durham International Airport has been notified, the spokesperson said. KPD's Battalion 1 is on command at the scene.

Several other agencies also responded. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is leading the investigation.

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