A pilot whose single-engine plane crashed into a frozen creek in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, shortly after takeoff Monday was rescued by two kayakers and a local police officer, Maryland State Police announced.
According to a preliminary investigation by authorities, pilot Steve Couchman of Frederick, Maryland, took off alone from Lee Airport in Edgewater, Maryland. His engine began to sputter within moments of takeoff, causing his crash into nearby Beards Creek.
A pair of nearby civilians, a father and son, along with an Anne Arundel County police officer who heard a dispatch call reporting the crash just before 10:30 a.