Two people rescued from plane that crashed into power lines in Maryland

Crash near Washington DC caused major outages and left two people with serious injuries

Two seriously injured people trapped inside a small plane that crashed into high-voltage power lines near Washington DC, causing mass outages, have been rescued, authorities have said.

Both patients have been transported to local area trauma centers with serious injuries," the Montgomery county fire chief, Scott Goldstein, said in a press briefing on Monday, adding that the two people had suffered hypothermia and orthopaedic and trauma-related injuries.