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Posted: 4:52 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013

Florida vs. Arkansas: Plane crashes on Flavet Field hours before game

By Andy Hutchins

SBnation.com

A small plane carrying a banner crashed on Flavet Field on the University of Florida campus on Saturday, just hours before Florida's game against Arkansas, according to many, many tweets from people near the incident.

Florida student Wade Millward was first to snap and tweet a picture of the scene:

More pictures and information followed shortly after, and it seems that while the plane, carrying a banner advertising either GEICO or McDonald's, did crash land, there were, fortunately, no casualties:

Florida's official @GatorZoneNews account issued a statement in three tweets:

Flavet Field is a large open space about a half-mile southwest of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, and is a popular spot for tailgaters on the University of Florida campus.

This seems to be a good outcome from a strange event, and let's hope that remains true as more information becomes available.

Andy Hutchins is Alligator Army's managing editor. Follow Alligator Army on Twitter and Facebook.