At approximately 7:41 a.m. on the morning of June 26, 2017, Knox County Sheriff's Deputies
Robert Potter and Paul Simonetti responded to the airstrip on the island of
Vinalhaven for a reported plane crash.
A small plane belonging to Penobscot Island Air delivering mail to the island
crashed at the end of the runway into some trees. The pilot, Ted Weslake, was
alert and conscious with apparent injuries, though the extent are yet unknown. He was
up and walking but could not remember what happened. Mr. Weslake was flown to PBMC in
Rockport. The FAA has been notified of the incident.
More information will be released as it becomes available.
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