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Washington state plane crash girl, 16, hikes to safety
July 14, 2015
A 16-year-old girl has been found after hiking to safety from the scene of a plane crash in a mountainous area of the north-western US.
Autumn Veatch had been on a small plane with her step-grandparents which crashed in the North Cascades National Park in Washington state.
She is being treated in hospital, but has no life-threatening injuries.It is not known what happened to Autumn's step-grandparents, whom she attempted to pull from the wreckage.