Asheville (USA), Dec 15 (AP) A small plane crashed on a western North Carolina highway and caught fire Thursday night, but the two people on board escaped life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

A single-engine Diamond DA-40 crashed on Interstate 26 near Asheville Regional Airport around 8:15 pm with two people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration reported.

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The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the plane hit power lines that cross I-26 and one wing hit a tractor-trailer, WLOS-TV reported. The plane was engulfed in flames.

The truck was damaged, but the driver was not injured, the highway patrol said.

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Two people who were on the plane were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash. (AP)

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