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A plane forced to make an emergency landing at a local park in Long Beach left the pilot and another person injured Tuesday after it struck a woman as it touched down.

Firefighters responded to a plane crash near Carson Street just east of Woodruff Avenue near Heartwell Park, around 4 p.m, according to a Long Beach Fire Department social media post .

Firefighters arrived to find the small aircraft on its belly with broken landing gear, according to officials.

The pilot, an elderly man, was pulled out of the cockpit and hospitalized, according to authorities. A woman in her 40s, who was struck by the aircraft in the park, was also hospitalized. Both had moderate injuries but were

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