Two people are in the hospital after a small plane crashed in Lee County on Wednesday afternoon.
The Federal Aviation Administration said a Diamond DA40 crashed short of the runway at Raleigh Executive Jetport, which is north of Sanford.
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According to Highway Patrol, the plane crashed around 4:03 p.m. while it was conducting touch and goes at the airport. During the touch and goes, the plane veered left into a field at the end of the runway.
Sky 5 flew over the scene as the pilot, later identified as Terry Gallagher, was airlifted to the hospital by Duke Life Flight with "critical" injuries. Another person, the planes mechanic, Scott Riley, was airlifted to UNC Hospitals with serious injuries.
Multiple ambulances, fire trucks and emergency vehicles were parked nearby.
The FAA and the NTSB is investigating what caused the crash.
WRAL News is working to learn more.