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Video captures plane's emergency landing on highway median

By Ben Hooper
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STAFFORD, N.J., July 15 (UPI) -- A New Jersey police department shared video of a small plane filled with skydivers making an emergency landing on the grassy median strip of a highway.

The Stafford Police Department, which shared the video on Facebook, said the pilot of the single engine plane made an emergency landing on the median between the eastbound and westbound lanes of Route 72 after the craft lost power in mid-flight Sunday.

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The plane was carrying Skydive East Coast students and their instructor. The instructor was treated for a cut to his arm.

No other injuries were reported.

Police said the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.

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