Crime & Safety
Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Wawa Gas Station in Fredericksburg
There were no injuries and minimal property damage, State Police said.
A small plane out of fuel made an emergency landing at the Wawa at Shannon Park Drive and Tidewater Trail early Monday morning, Virginia State Police reported.
Jerome Matthew Orlando, 33, from Broadway, Va., was flying from Tampa, Fla., to Charlottesville when he was diverted to Stafford Regional Airport due to foggy conditions, Sgt. Les Tyler of the Virginia State Police said.
On his way to the Stafford Airport, the pilot notified ground staff he was running low on fuel, and was consequently diverted to Shannon Airport in Fredericksburg.
"He ran out of fuel as he attempted an emergency landing at Shannon Airport and landed on Tidewater Trail alongside the Wawa parking lot," Tyler said.
"There were no injuries, the plane did not hit any cars, and there was minimal property damage," Tyler said.
The plane involved in the crash is a single engine 1968 Piper Cherokee Arrow.
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