Small plane crashes in Roselle while trying to land at Schaumburg Airport

According to WLS-7, ABC, a small plane crashed in the north suburb town of Roselle Wednesday, shutting down roads for hours and narrowly avoiding striking cars.

The entire incident happened on a busy suburban road in Roselle. The single-engine plane ended up in a ditch, while the the occupants amazingly walked away with barely a scratch.

Roselle officials and the FAA said the single-engine Piper PA-28 crashed about 11 a.m. at Irving Park Road and Williams Street in the northwest suburb of Chicago.

According to ABC-7 reporting, Jeff Heitkamp, who is the Chief Safety Officer for Revv Aviation, the Aurora-based flight school that owns the Piper PA-28 which had a flight instructor and student on board as it attempted to land at Schaumburg Airport is quoted as saying the following:

"We can find another airplane at some point, but just that no one got hurt on the ground or in the air, that's what we're focused on," Heitkamp said. "We don't have too much information at this point that we can share, but we do know that they had an issue with the aircraft that prevented them from reaching the runway, so the pilot made the decision to divert to the best possible location."