Pilot crashes, hitches ride home
KENOSHA, Wis. — Sheriff’s officials say the pilot of an ultralight seaplane that crashed into a southern Wisconsin lake swam to shore and hitched a ride home without contacting the authorities about the wreck because he didn’t think it was a big deal.
Kenosha Sheriff David Beth says a woman walking her dog saw the wreckage in Camp Lake late Monday and called authorities.
Fire and rescue units searched for a possible victim.
Beth said that after the rescuers found no body, officials tracked the pilot down at his home in Antioch, Ill., several hours later, via phone numbers found in the aircraft.