FREDERICTON - The pilot of an ultralight plane died after the aircraft crashed in a cornfield about 25 kilometres northwest of Fredericton.
Ken Hodgson, fire chief of Keswick Valley Fire Department, says his team received a call at 11:33 a.m. about a crash in Burtts Corner, N.B., along Route 104, which links the province to Nova Scotia.
Hodgson says there were no other casualties.
Ambulance New Brunswick, the coroner's office and RCMP also responded to the crash.
In a news release, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it deployed a team of investigators to an "aircraft accident near Fredericton."
But the agency did not immediately respond to questions asking for details about the crash.
This report by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø was first published July 19, 2024.
