Two men walked away with minor injuries after a small plane crashed on Thursday, August 11, 2022, night in Laurel, according to authorities.
Yellowstone County Sheriff's Captain Kent O'Donnell said the pilot of the Piper Cherokee had problems with the plane shortly after takeoff from the Laurel Municipal Airport.
The pilot tried to turn around and make it back, O'Donnell said.
He realized he couldn't make it and made an "emergency crash landing" in a field south of the Laurel cemetery, O'Donnell said.
Emergency responders were called to the scene just after 5:30 p.m.
Both men got out of the plane on their own and drove themselves to a hospital, O'Donnell said.
The crash did not slow traffic or cause any other disruptions, according to O'Donnell.
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