Small plane crashes in Cass County
Posted: Jun 20, 2021 4:18 PM EDT
Photo Courtesy: Cass County Sheriff Office CASS COUNTY, Mich. -- Cass County Sheriff Richard J. Behnke reported at approximately 1:37 p.m. on Sunday that a small aircraft crashed in Edwardsburg.
Police say they responded to the crash near the 27000 block of Indigan Lane.
The pilot, 68-year-old Ralph Edward Lutes of Shipshewana, was transported to an Elkhart hospital, police say.
Police report that the plane was crop dusting a potato farm with fungicide before crashing into a wooded area.
The extent of injuries sustained by Lutes is currently unknown.
This crash is still under investigation by the FAA.