Teen crashes plane near Knik River

BUTTE — A 16-year-old pilot crashed Sunday shortly after taking off from a Knik River sand bar.

Alaska State Troopers report the boy was the only person on board the Piper Super Cub that went down shortly after 5:45 p.m.

The teen was taken to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center with “moderate injuries.”

It is the policy of the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman not to release the name of minor children involved in incidents with law enforcement.

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