A pilot suffered serious injuries after crashing onto a racecourse shed in Quorn, South Australia. After he clipped a parked Ute, the 33-year-old collided onto a nearby shed, busting the roof. Workers and volunteers rushed to drag the pilot out from the crash site. Though the pilot suffered serious lacerations, police say his injuries are not life-threatening.
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00:00I'm here at the Corn Racecourse, located almost four hours away from Adelaide, where an ultralight
00:07plane crashed yesterday.
00:09The gyrocopter clipped a nearby ute before crashing into the roof behind me, causing
00:14multiple holes.
00:15There were multiple visitors and volunteers on site at the time, and thankfully two electricians
00:22jumped into action to pat down the fire, unbuckle and drag the pilot from the plane.
00:28The 33-year-old pilot suffered serious lacerations, but the police say his injuries are non-life
00:34threatening.
00:36And the president of the club here, Dean Montgomery, said the town is still in shock, but the outcome
00:42could have been much worse.
00:43Yeah, well anyway, sort of couldn't believe what happened, sort of what was going to happen,
00:48so I think after that we just all rallied and rushed around to see if the pilot was
00:54OK, and then we had to bang, get into the emergency services to come out and notify
01:01the police, and it was really good how they responded so quickly.
01:04The volunteers are now working hard to get the place ready for the Corn Race's Saturday.