BREAKING: Plane crashes in field near Overbury, Tewkesbury - emergency services at scene
A LIGHT aircraft has crashed in a field near Overbury, Tewkesbury, and emergency services have rushed to the scene.
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The West Midlands Ambulance Service are at the site of the crash on the Worcestershire-Gloucestershire border.
The ambulance service said: "Further details about any casualties will be issued as they become available".
There are two ambulances and two paramedic officers at the scene, as well as six fire crews and several West Mercia Police officers.
The crash happened on Bredon Hill, north of Tewkesbury.
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The Civil Aviation Authority has been informed. Further information will be issued when available
The single-engine aircraft came down around 12.45pm this afternoon and eyewitnesses have claimed they saw the aircraft in a tree.
An Air Accidents Investigation Branch spokesperson said: “The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has sent a team of inspectors to Gloucestershire to investigate an accident involving a light aircraft.”
Superintendent Kevin Purcell said: "Police received a report at 12.49pm today. West Midlands Ambulance Service and Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service are also in attendance.
"The Civil Aviation Authority has been informed. Further information will be issued when available."
The crash happened close to the border between Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
