Police and the local fire department responded at 4:15 p.m. for an aircraft that had crashed on Cedar Lake Road, also known as Route 145, police said. A LifeStar helicopter has been dispatched to the scene, police said. Injuries have been reported in the crash, though the extent of those was not immediately known, police said.

DEEP RIVER, Conn. — Connecticut State Police troopers along with local fire crews are responding to a small downed plane in Deep River on Friday evening. State Police say they received a call around 4:15 p.m. for a small glider aircraft that had crashed into the wood line in the area of Cedar Lake Road in the town.

A glider plane crashed into woods Friday afternoon in Deep River, according to state police. The man last known to be seen with a University of Pittsburgh student before she vanished from a beach in the Dominican Republic gave more details to local prosecutors about the last time he saw her, Dominican news agency Noticias SIN reported.