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Conn. pilot escapes crash injury-free

Updated: Sunday, 05 Jul 2009, 10:53 PM EDT
Published : Sunday, 05 Jul 2009, 10:25 PM EDT

    (WTNH) - A Connecticut pilot may have saved lives during an emergency landing in Rhode Island this weekend.

    Doug Durand, 44-years-old, of Danielson is a 20-year-pilot. He was pulling an advertising banner on his way back to Westerly Airport from New Haven on Saturday when his one-seat, single-propeller plane lost power.

    He managed to jettison the banner. He later hit three fence railings while landing but avoided a house and utility wires.

    There were some damages to Durand's plane but he walked away from the accident without a scratch.

    The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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