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 functionaries The circumstance 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 noted it s under analysis Aerial footage of the crashed plane shows it in a wooded area with several pieces of debris nearby Firetrucks and other emergency 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 exigency department Wendy A Marano a spokesperson for the hospital reported Four other patients also with minimal injuries are waiting for further evaluation she declared 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 commented A person who answered the phone at Cross Keys Airport on Wednesday disclosed he had no information and referred questions to Skydive Cross Keys a commercial skydiving business located at the airport Skydive Cross Keys didn t instantly respond to an email from The Associated Press requesting comment Gloucester County Urgency Management warned the citizens on its Facebook page to avoid the area in order to let urgency vehicles access the site