Published On:Thursday, October 07, 2010

TWO prominent Bahamian businessmen, Mark Roberts and his father Larry Roberts, together with their wives, were injured when Mark's Cessna 172 Skyhawk crash landed on Little Whale Cay at around 3pm yesterday. Mark, who was seriously injured, was flown to Nassau last night by a Coast Guard helicopter emergency flight. He was accompanied by his wife, Louise.

During the early hours of this morning he was flown to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

Photo: Husband and wife: Mark and Louise Roberts were in the crash. Mark was seriously injured and Louise, who is pregnant, sustained neck injuries. Photo from The Tribune.

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As the helicopter could not accommodate Mr Larry Roberts of Bahamas Realty and his wife, Liz, yesterday they remained the night at Little Whale Cay and will be flown to Nassau today. Mr Roberts, Sr., suffered a back injury. His wife had minor injuries.

Mark Roberts, the 45-year-old president of FYP Builders Mall, sustained serious head injuries, as well as facial injuries, a broken nose, ankles and shoulder, while his pregnant wife Louise, an interior designer with Alexiou and Associates Architects, sustained neck injuries.

As the family was waiting for an emergency evacuation by the US Coast Guard last night, they tried to keep Mark conscious. 

Mark Roberts, the owner of Tile King, is the plane's owner and was piloting the single engine aircraft at the time of the crash.

This comes just one day after a charter plane, also a Cessna, crashed in Lake Killarney killing all passengers onboard.

Yesterday¹s crash was reportedly due to a gust of wind hitting the plane, causing it to clip a tree.

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