No injuries after plane with 2 passengers crashes in Toronto

No one was injured Monday night when a small plane crashed near Monarch Park Collegiate Institute in the city’s east end.

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Police said on social media that they received reports just after 8:15 p.m. saying that a plane had crashed in a field in the Felstead-Greenwood Aves. area with three occupants on board.

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Toronto Fire public information officer Alex Vashkevich said firefighters followed paramedics to the scene at about 8:20 p.m., where they found the pilot of a single-engine plane and two passengers without injuries.

He said no other injuries were reported despite “many bystanders “ in the area and that Transport Canada had been notified of the crash.

Vashkevich said the Toronto Fire hazmat team was also deployed to the scene after paramedics reported smelling fuel or some other noxious liquid emanating from the plane.

He said a “small leak of combustible liquid” — about less than a gallon – was contained with no issues.

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Fire Chief Jim Jessop praised the efforts of fire responders in a social media post.

“Just attended the scene of a small plane crash near Monarch Park HS,” Jessop said in his post. “Thankfully no injuries to pilot, passenger, or civilians. Thank you to @Toronto_Fire responding crews for their quick, coordinated effort.”

CTV Toronto reported that the airplane appears to be a four-seat 140 Piper Cherokee.

Photos sent to the Toronto Sun show the plane lying nose down on the ground near a fence beside a sports field as people play a game that appears to be Ultimate.

Emails to Transport Canada for additional information have so far gone unanswered.