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Two men injured in light aircraft crash

Sarah Spina-Matthews
BBC News, Yorkshire
Incidents on Teeside and Country Durham Alerts An upside down light aircraft, yellow or orange in colour. People are stood around the crashed aircraft, with a police cordon stretching across the image. A small fence also runs across the picture, with trees in the background. Incidents on Teeside and Country Durham Alerts
Emergency services were called to the crash near Dalton-on-Tees on Thursday morning

Two men have been taken to hospital after a light aircraft crash near a North Yorkshire village.

North Yorkshire Police said it was called to the crash near Croft Circuit in Dalton-on-Tees, south of Darlington, at about 11:50 GMT.

Two men who were in the aircraft were taken for treatment, but are "not believed to have been seriously injured", a force spokesperson said.

They added: "We are liaising with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch to determine the full circumstances."

Stuart Whincup/BBC An upside down light aircraft, yellow or orange in colour, in a field. A person is stood near the crashed aircraft.Stuart Whincup/BBC
The men were out of the aircraft by the time fire crews arrived, North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service says

Police officers from Durham Constabulary also attended the scene, along with fire and ambulance crews.

North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said the men were out of the aircraft by the time fire crews arrived.

They were treated by paramedics at the scene before being taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital by ambulance, the Yorkshire Ambulance Service said.

In a statement, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch confirmed it had started an investigation into the crash.

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