A single-engine plane crashed nose-first into the Skagit River Saturday evening, June 27, multiple callers told 911, according to a news release from the Mount Vernon Police Department.
Officers were able to locate the aircraft on the south shore about 600 yards west of the I-5 Bridge in Mount Vernon.
Mount Vernon police officers assisted the 75-year-old male pilot, who was alone, out of the plane and onto the river bank to be treated for minor injuries by medical personnel.
The plane was secured to the south riverbank pending its eventual removal from the water. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board have been assigned as the lead investigating agencies for the incident.
Back in 2013, a section of the I-5 Skagit River bridge fell into the water, severing a major regional transportation route that disrupted travel and business for months.
According to a Bellingham Herald report from 2013, a truck driver with an oversized load hit the bridge in Mount Vernon, about 25 miles south of Bellingham. Two other vehicles fell into the Skagit River and three people were rescued with minor injuries.
According to a Bellingham Herald report from 2013, a truck driver with an oversized load hit the bridge in Mount Vernon, about 25 miles south of Bellingham. Two other vehicles fell into the Skagit River and three people were rescued with minor injuries.
