Two people were seriously injured Saturday morning when their small aircraft crashed near Tuttle Creek State Park.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 70-year-old Edward Gifford, of Manhattan, and 88-year-old Richard Miller, of Wichita, were co-piloting a Pegasus Powrachute aircraft north over Manhattan at around 8:30 a.m. when they experienced an engine failure, causing the aircraft to crash near the River Pond area, just east of US 24/Tuttle Creek Blvd.
Both men sustained serious injuries, according to the crash report, and were transported to Ascension Via Christi for treatment.
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