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Jersey Shore banner plane crashes, injuring pilot

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A Jersey Shore banner plane crashed behind a motel in Cape May County yesterday, seriously injuring the pilot, police said. Matthew Wolf, 25, of Strasburg, Pa., was airlifted to the Atlantic City Medical Center Trauma Unit for treatment of severe facial injuries, Middle Township police said. His condition was not released. The plane went down about 5:40 p.m. behind the Catalina Motel on Georgia Avenue off North Wildwood Boulevard in the Burleigh section, just west of the Garden State Parkway, police said. Wolf jettisoned the banner before crashing, police said, adding that a preliminary investigation indicated the plane suffered engine trouble. The FAA will investigate further. The plane is owned by the Paramount Banner Planes of Green Creek, Middle Township. - Joseph A. Gambardello

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MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A Jersey Shore banner plane crashed behind a motel in Cape May County yesterday, seriously injuring the pilot, police said.

Matthew Wolf, 25, of Strasburg, Pa., was airlifted to the Atlantic City Medical Center Trauma Unit for treatment of severe facial injuries, Middle Township police said. His condition was not released.

The plane went down about 5:40 p.m. behind the Catalina Motel on Georgia Avenue off North Wildwood Boulevard in the Burleigh section, just west of the Garden State Parkway, police said.

Wolf jettisoned the banner before crashing, police said, adding that a preliminary investigation indicated the plane suffered engine trouble. The FAA will investigate further.

The plane is owned by the Paramount Banner Planes of Green Creek, Middle Township.

- Joseph A. Gambardello

    Inquirer