Norwood Man Injured in Westwood Plane Crash

Westwood, MA — A Norwood man was seriously injured in a plane crash in Westwood Saturday afternoon.

At about 3:35 p.m., police responded to a plane crash in a wooded area off of Pear Tree Drive in Westwood, which resulted in serious injuries, police said.

Preliminary information from the Massachusetts State Police indicates that a single engine, fixed-wing plane was attempting to land at Norwood Airport the plane crashed in a wooded area. Emergency crews located the plane and determined that the two adult male occupants sustained serious injuries in the crash, police said.

The pilot and his passenger were extricated from the wreckage. The pilot, a 65-year-old man from Newton, was flown by medical helicopter to Boston Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries. The passenger, a 77-year-old man from Norwood, was transported to Norwood Hospital for treatment of serious injuries and was subsequently flown by medical helicopter to Boston Medical Center.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.