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Plane makes emergency landing on Colorado interstate

The plane landed on westbound Interstate 76 east of Brush just before 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Colorado — No one was injured when a small plane pilot made an emergency landing on Interstate 76 in Washington County Saturday afternoon. 

The Colorado State Patrol said it happened just before 2:30 p.m. on westbound Interstate 76 near mile marker 101, east of Brush. The pilot landed on the interstate without hitting anything, and no one was injured, CSP said. 

Credit: Colorado State Patrol

Traffic in the westbound lanes was halted while crews towed the plane off the interstate.

The Federal Aviation Administration said two people were onboard the plane, a single-engine Cessna 172. They are investigating what led to the emergency landing. 

Credit: Colorado State Patrol

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