Pilot survives crash into Lake Hume
A pilot has survived a plane crash on Lake Hume, in northern Victoria, after which he had to swim to safety.
Ambulance Victoria spokesman Stephen Ford said paramedics received a call at 3.31pm today that a light plane had crashed into the weir on the lake, on the Victoria-New South Wales border.
Paramedics treated the man at Ludlows Reserve at Ebden, near Wodonga.
"We responded road ambulances, including road ambulance and a helicopter, towards the scene," Mr Ford told 3AW.
"The first crew found a single occupant had made it to shore and that person has been transported to hospital in Wodonga for observation at this point.
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Pilot survives crash on Lake Hume