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Plane running out of fuel lands on I-70 in Sevier County

Posted at 3:41 PM, Aug 08, 2023
and last updated 2023-08-08 18:20:07-04

SEVIER COUNTY, Utah — No one was injured Tuesday after a small plane clipped a semi truck while landing on Interstate 70 in Sevier County.

Two people were flying in the 1966 Piper Cherokee when the pilot called in a "fuel starvation" incident in which the fuel on-board ran out sooner than expected, prompting the highway landing.

As the plane landed in the eastbound lanes near mile marker 22 south of the town of Joseph, it clipped a semi truck but caused no serious damage. The plane later pulled off into the median of I-70.