Video shows small plane clipping pickup truck while landing on busy Florida road

Video shows small plane clipping pickup truck while landing on busy Florida road Advertisement Updated: 12:58 PM CST Nov 10, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Kendall Brandt Reporter Derrick Shaw Digital Content Manager Video shows small plane clipping pickup truck while landing on busy Florida road Updated: 12:58 PM CST Nov 10, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Kendall Brandt Reporter Derrick Shaw Digital Content Manager NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — New video captures the tense moment a small plane made an emergency landing on Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers, Florida, surprising drivers and leaving everyone involved safe. Brian Adams, a Lee County resident, was driving his blue Nissan when he saw the plane descending toward the road . Advertisement "My first thought is, 'boy, that's flying really low,'" Adams said. "Then almost immediately you go, 'oh no, it's about to land right in front of me.'" The Lee County Sheriff's Office said the two people aboard the plane, Eric Santana and Armando Gomez, were safe. Juan Torres, whose truck was struck by the plane, was also not hurt. Adams said he spoke with Torres immediately after the landing. "I talked to the guy in the truck real quick," said Adams. "He asked me how I was doing. I go, 'I'm not the one that was hit by a plane.'" Video Below: Driver captures plane making emergency landing The plane's owner was not aboard and said his flight instructor was at the controls, according to the information provided. The sheriff's office also noted that the same plane previously made an emergency landing on U.S. 98 in August. Santana and Gomez were returning to Fort Myers following that landing in Sebring. Adams said he was relieved everyone involved was safe. "I am definitely going to stick with commercial aircraft myself if I'm traveling," Adams said. On Sunday, another plane crashed in Southwest Florida, leading to the rescue of the pilot from mangrove in Estero Bay. The pilot was identified as Curt Hosterman. He was flying from Page Field when the plane's engine shut off over Fort Myers Beach. He said restarted it and turned back toward Page Field, but the engine shut off again before he could reach the airport. The Lee County Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit rescued him from the aircraft . Video Below: Pilot ID'd after emergency landing in Estero Bay mangroves A father who taught his daughter to love flying is mourning after her Learjet crashed in Florida Make WISN a preferred source on Google Add Preferred Source Share Infinite Scroll Enabled Top Picks Inflation numbers are in. Try our calculator to estimate the cost difference of various groceries Florida cowboys rescue farm animals left stranded by flooding: 'It's gut-wrenching' Top Runway model, '227' actress, dies at 74 after 'long, courageous battle' with MS Baker who's legally blind pursues dream of running his own bakery. He faces unique challenges