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Pilot injured in crop-duster crash

Transportation safety board investigating.
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A crop duster pilot received minor injuries after a crash on Sunday, July 21.

GIMLI, Man. — An aerial applicator pilot was taken to hospital after a crash in the RM of Bifrost-Riverton on Sunday.

According to an RCMP news release, Gimli police responded to the crash in the early afternoon of July 21. The crop-dusting plane was spraying a field when its wing clipped a tree.

The pilot and lone occupant, a 33-year-old man from the area, sustained minor injuries and was taken to the hospital, police said.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada was notified.

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