Federal Aviation Administration investigating plane crash in Sumter

SUMTER, S.C. (WIS) -The Sumter Fire Department, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office and Sumter County EMS responded to a plane crash that occurred around 10 Saturday morning.

Sumter Fire Dept. Division Chief Joey Duggan says that a twin engine Piper PA-31 plane went down in a swampy area between Highway 15 and Highway 401 in Sumter near North Main Street.

Duggan says that the two people on board where taken to the hospital. They sustained non-fatal injuries.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.