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West Michigan pilot makes emergency landing on Florida highway

Posted at 10:22 PM, Sep 24, 2015
and last updated 2015-09-24 22:22:23-04

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A West Michigan man landed his small plane on a Florida highway Thursday.

Scott Allen Richmond, 58, of Comstock Park was flying a 1963 Piper PA-24 Comanche when he was forced to make an emergency landing.  The plane struck the top of a 2003  Honda Accord in the westbound lanes of  I-595 in the area of Flamingo Road before landing. The driver of the Honda, Daniel Eric Wagner, 64 of Weston Florida, was not hurt.