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Five taken to hospital, two with serious injuries, after plane crash in Red Lake, Ont

Five people were injured, two seriously, after a float plane crash in northwestern Ontario.

The Ontario Provincial Police say the plane went down Sunday morning in Red Lake, a municipality about 430 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay.

Police say they received a report of a crash shortly before 7 a.m.

They say three people have minor injuries, and all were taken to hospital for treatment.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the De Havilland D-H-C-2 Beaver aircraft was operated by Canadian Fly-In Fishing Service.

The board says it will be deploying two investigators to Red Lake to investigate the crash.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 16, 2024.