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Actor Harrison Ford was hospitalized Thursday afternoon after a single-engine plane he was piloting crashed onto a Venice golf course shortly after takeoff.
Residents are being asked to avoid the area near Penmar Golf Club in the 1200 block of Rose Avenue in Venice.
Aerial footage showed a small single-engine plane crashed on the ground, and one person being treated by paramedics and being transported to a hospital.
TMZ first reported that the plane was piloted by Ford, a longtime pilot. The information was later confirmed by NBC4.
Ford was piloting a vintage World War II training plane.
"We saw this beautiful plane. It looks like a plane I see often, leaving from Santa Monica Airport. Must have hit top of tree," said Howard Teba, who was at the golf course when the plane crashed.
Teba said it appeared that the pilot was the only person on board the plane.
The plane crashed on the golf course just west of the airport shortly after takeoff from the Santa Monica Airport, according to Ian Gregor of the Federal Aviation Administration.
This is a developing story. Refresh for updates.
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