GARDNER, Mass. -- A small plane crashed in a heavily wooded area near Gardner airport on Saturday, injuring the three people on board.

One of the crash victims suffered severe head trauma and emergency helicopters rushed the three to hospitals for treatment, Gardner Fire Department's Lt. Stephen Fredette.

Firefighters used chain saws to reach the crash site and metal cutters to extricate the victims from the plane. The aircraft crashed 50 feet off the road, and firefightes spent an hour hacking their way to the victims, Fredette said.

It was not immediately clear what caused the plane to crash near the Gardner Municipal Airport. Visibility was good and conditions were fair in the area at the time of the accident, he said.

There were no reports of fire at the site. Firefighters sprayed foam to cover the vaporizing fuel leaking from the plane.

The wooded area is located between Gardner and Templeton towns in central Massachusetts.

The airport mostly handles small aircrafts. About 29 planes are based there, including 27 single-engine planes and one ultralight.

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I can top that. They found a dead guy in my backyard this week..

http://www.wyff4.com/news/13667377/detail.html

Technically, it was across the creek from my property line, but..

So, the next time someone yells at me for not noticing that you did already give the information I'm asking for in a ticket.. I'm not exactly that observant.

At SFO they found the body of a Chinesse man who tried to sto away on an 11 hour flight from China