CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — A small plane crash north of Cedar Hill Cemetery temporarily shut down traffic in Castle Rock Monday evening, according to officers with the Castle Rock Police Department.

No one was injured in the crash and there were no additional hazards in the area after the aircraft, which appeared to be a Piper fixe wing, single-engine plane, crashed just before 6:15 p.m. near the intersection of Wolfensberger Road and Prairie Hawk Drive.

The crash forced the closure of Prairie Hawk Drive from Wolfensberger to Switch Grass Drive as investigators combed the scene. Travelers were encouraged to use Red Hawk Drive as an alternate route.

Details of the flight from tracking website FlightAware showed the plane flew out of Colorado Springs at 5:30 p.m. and traveled to Denver. The pl

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