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Pilot walks away after fuel-related crash near 20th Road in Ellsworth County

A pilot was able to walk away after a plane crash in rural Ellsworth County Thursday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol said 43-year-old John Shaffer of Tuscola, Texas, was piloting a 1966 Cessna 150G when the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed.

Nighttime rural scene with a small airplane after a crash and power lines being de-energized by responders.

Officials with the Ellsworth County Sheriff’s Office said a power line belonging to Rolling Hills Electric Cooperative was involved and had to be safely de-energized. Shaffer suffered no apparent injuries.

The crash was reported at 9:00 p.m. Thursday at 325 20th Road, about a mile west of the 20th Road and Ave D intersection, per KSAL.