A Small Plane Crashed In The Cañon City Area On State Prisons Property

· Feb. 2, 2020, 8:20 pm
Colorado State Penitentiary Canon CityColorado State Penitentiary Canon CityHart Van Denburg/CPR News
The Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City, July 2019.

The Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed that it has secured an area in Cañon City where a small airplane crashed Sunday afternoon.

The site is on DOC property, though a spokeswoman for the agency did not say exactly where the crash happened. The DOC has several prisons in the area.

The names of passengers and their conditions after the crash were not released.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident.

You care.

You want to know what is really going on these days, especially in Colorado. We can help you keep up.  The Lookout is a free, daily email newsletter with news and happenings from all over Colorado. Sign up here and we will see you in the morning!