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Kansas Pilot Who Crashed Near Cheyenne, Wyo., Treated For Burns

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – A Kansas pilot spraying for mosquitoes is being treated for burns after his plane crashed in Wyoming.

Thirty-eight-year-old Michael Childress of Nortonville was able to pull himself out of the wreckage after Tuesday’s crash near Cheyenne and paramedics found him walking around the crash site.

He suffered burns to the upper half of his body and was in critical condition Wednesday at the Western States Burn Center in Greeley, Colo.

The Cessna 188 was contracted by Laramie County. It knocked down some power lines, causing outages to about 400 customers.

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