The actor Harrison Ford are injured after a small plane he was piloting crashed in Los Angeles.
According to TMZ , the actor of 72 years old was riding in a fighter aircraft, two seats, but something went wrong and ended in golf Penmar in Venice, California.
According to the portal, Ford suffered multiple cuts to his head and was bleeding.
Two doctors were in place and treated him shortly after emergency personnel arrived, the actor was taken to a hospital.
“We can confirm there was an accident of an aircraft and its occupant was a man between 65-70 years. He was transported to a local hospital in stable condition,” said spokeswoman Los Angeles Police Department, the Nuria agent Vanegas.
“The incident was reported at 14.25, was a mechanical failure of the aircraft that caused the accident,” he said.
The assistant chief of the Los Angeles City Fire Department, Patrick Butler, told Reuters that the plane hit some trees before crashing on the golf course.
Butler added that the sole occupant of the aircraft was conscious and breathing after the accident, which initially was attended by spectators before them to come paramedics and transported to a hospital in “fair to moderate.”
Paramedics “pinned his column, he had an IV and initiated all necessary medical protocols we must apply” Butler said.
Carlos Lugo, 63, said he was playing golf in Penmar Golf Course when he saw the plane, which he believed had taken off from the nearby Santa Monica Airport, lost power and turned in an apparent attempt to return to the track landing.
“When we flew over us knew it was too late to return to the airport,” said Lugo.
The aircraft passed through some trees and landed upside down near the hole number eight of the golf course, he added.
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