MARCH 23, 2015
INVERNESS, CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA
A small plane crashed into a house in Inverness Monday
afternoon, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office.
Citrus County 911 dispatch center received a call about the
crash at about 3:45 p.m. Deputies and Citrus County Fire Rescue crews responded
to a home in the 700 block of Carnegie Drive.
They found a small single engine Beechcraft plane. Deputies
said it clipped a power line and struck the back porch of the home before
landing in the back yard.
The pilot Joseph Roger Smith, 75, was the only one on board.
He was flown to a hospital with minor injuries. The homeowners were in the
house but they were not injured.
Power crews are trying to fix power lines and to restore the
power at the house.
Source: http://www.wfla.com