A small plane has been involved in an emergency landing on a busy US road.
The incident happened between Parkland and Spanaway in Washington State, near the city of Tacoma.
According to Washington State Patrol, the single prop plane was forced to land due to a fuel system malfunction.
Dashcam footage showed the plane successfully landing on the road.
Trooper Thompson’s dash cam video capturing this morning’s events! Great job by the pilot and trooper! pic.twitter.com/7X0uWYJ9fc
— Trooper Robert Reyer (@wspd1pio) August 1, 2019
A spokesperson for the state patrol said local trooper Clint Thompson was able to make an emergency u-turn in his car, and then used his lights to slow traffic to make room for the pilot to land.
Nobody was injured in the incident.
Witness Dennis Diessner, who was driving on the road at the time, said he could have touched the plane it came so close to him.
He told local station KOMO News: "I thought his wing was gonna take the top of my car off. I almost had a heart attack."
Johnna Batiste of Washington State Patrol added: "It was a series of very lucky events. There happened to be a break in traffic and the plane did not come into contact with any vehicles or pedestrians."
After the plane landed, Trooper Thompson helped the pilot push the plane off the road and make space for traffic again.
