One dead in plane crash near Charleston Lake; TSB investigating

LYNDHURST – One person is dead and another is injured after a small plane went down in a marshy area on the north side of Charleston Lake.

Leeds County OPP say the 57-year-old pilot died at the scene of the crash near a home at Lower Leaf Oak Road and Sugarbush Lane in Leeds and Thousand Islands Township around 10:45 a.m. Saturday.

Police describe the plane as a single engine ultra-lite aircraft.

A passenger was taken by Leeds-Grenville EMS to hospital and police expect them to survive.

No names have been released by police.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says it’s sending a team of investigators to the scene to gather information and conduct an investigation.

Technical investigators with the OPP are also on the scene.