Thessaloniki (Greece), Aug 3 (AP) A small training plane crashed into a village coffee shop in northern Greece Monday, injuring the teenage pilot and causing minor damage, authorities said.

Police said the accident occurred during a morning training flight.

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The 19-year-old pilot, who was flying solo, apparently lost control of the light aircraft and hit a large tree in the main square of Proti, a village in the Serres area east of Thessaloniki.

The tree broke the force of the crash and the plane proceeded to hit a first-floor balcony above the coffee shop before settling with its tail on the ground against the building's facade, without catching fire.

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The coffee shop was closed at the time.

The pilot was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries, while nobody else was hurt.

Police said that the young man lived in a nearby village, and that his mother, who works in Proti, was at her work at the time of the crash.

The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. (AP)

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