2 injured in small plane crash near Watervliet

WATERVLIET TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Two men were seriously hurt when a  small plane crashed at the Watervliet Municipal Airport on Friday  evening. 

The Berrien County Sheriff’s Office says the plane was taking off  around 7:20 p.m. when it failed to gain enough altitude and crashed into  a wooded ravine near the runway.

The two people in the plane, 27-year-old Edward Maloney of Fruitport  and 36-year-old Jonathan Amundsen of Winterhaven, Florida, were able to  climb from the crashed plane despite serious injuries. 

Both were hospitalized. Their conditions were not known Sunday. 

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