Small plane crashes northeast of Toronto with 2 people on board

Durham Regional Police confirmed to Global News a small plane crashed outside of Toronto in Port Perry, Ont., Saturday morning.

Sgt. Joanne Bortoluss said the call reporting the incident came in to emergency responders around 10:30 a.m.

Two people were on board the small aircraft but were able to escape and did not suffer significant injuries.

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Bortoluss said Transport Cananda has been notified and will likely be taking over the investigation.

No further information about the incident has been made available.

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