Nigel Farage injured in plane crash on election day

Drama at the start of Election Day.

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Nigel Farage injured in plane crash on election day The former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage has been injured in a plane crash in Northamptonshire. The plane carrying two people crashed at Hinton in the Hedges Airfield at Steane, near Brackley, at 0759 BST. Mr Farage was taken to hospital in Banbury with non-life threatening injuries, and the pilot was transferred to University Hospital in Coventry. The plane came down an hour after polling stations opened for voting in the general election. The pilot, who was trapped in the wreckage and had to be airlifted to hospital, is believed to be more seriously injured of the two.