(PERTH EAST, ON) – On August 23, 2022, just after 9:00 a.m., the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Perth County EMS and Perth East Fire Department responded to a plane crash on Perth line 43 in the Township of Perth East.
A small double-engine airplane crashed into an open field just Northeast of the Stratford Municipal Airport.
The lone occupant of the plane was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating the cause of the crash. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
Perth Line 43 was closed between Road 109 and Road 110 for the protection of emergency responders. It has since been re-opened to traffic.