Single engine plane crashes in Lehi near I-15 Utah - N316Z 1960 Beech Bonanza Debonair 33 Raytheon 35

Rescue personnel demeanour over a craft which crashed only off I-15 in Lehi between a southbound lanes as well as a Alpine/Highland off ramp Wednesday. (Stuart Johnson, Deseret News)
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LEHI A tiny craft crashed next to Interstate 15 Wednesday, critically injuring a pilot.
Mark Thorn, 52, of St. George, was alone in a 1960 Beechcraft Bonanza, pronounced Patrick Loturco, who co-owns a craft with Thorn.
"He's a genuine estate agent," Loturco told a Deseret News. "He called me this sunrise as well as told me he was starting up there for business. He went as well as got checked out in a plane, so he's fully approved to fly it."
Thorn avoided attack any vehicles as well as maneuvered a craft by a slight frame of land nearby a Alpine turnpike offramp.
The pile-up occurred before long after 2 p.m., only west of a southbound turnpike lanes nearby Thanksgiving Point.
The craft left St. George about 12:30 p.m. as well as was headed to somewhere in Salt Lake County, pronounced Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Nigbur.
Mike Frandsen was pushing his car north on I-15 when he saw a craft coming from a south.
"I couldn't see any fume or fire, though he was obviously perplexing to land. He came down fast," Frandsen said. "It looked like he tried to level it out, though he only leaned to a west."
Frandsen then mislaid sight of a craft since it went down a high embankment.
A LifeFlight helicopter was sent to a scene as well as transported Thorn to Intermountain Medical Center in critical condition, Nigbur said.
The craft strike an dike when it crashed, then spun around though remained upright. Its nose, now facing south, was crumpled, a windshield was crushed as well as a left wing damaged. Scattered fragments of a fuselage could be seen along a embankment.
"Right now, it looks like he did an outstanding job" by alighting on a slight frame instead of in traffic, Nigbur said.
UHP officials are worried about a trade backup which may continue by a afternoon pour out hour.
"We ask a open not to delayed down as well as demeanour since which will only means a huge chain reaction," Nigbur said.
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