By Associated Press - Sunday, November 13, 2016

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) - Authorities say no one was injured when a small plane went off a runway while taking off in northern West Virginia.

According to media outlets, Marion County emergency officials say a private plane slid into an embankment at the Fairmont Municipal Airport at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Further details weren’t immediately available.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Department is investigating.



The plane is registered to a Morgantown business.

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