ALEXANDRIA, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say a pilot is dead and a passenger was injured in a two-seater plane crash.
OPP say they responded to the crash shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday on Power Dam Road near Alexandria, about 100 kilometres southeast of Ottawa.
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While the police news release did not provide an exact location of the crash, there is a small rural airport in the area.
Police say the pilot died at the scene and a passenger was sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is deploying a team of investigators after a Cessna 150 accident in Alexandria.
Provincial police are investigating in partnership with the TSB team.
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