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The pilot of a small airplane and a car's driver both escaped with minor injuries Tuesday after the plane crashed into the car in suburban Minneapolis.

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The accident happened just after 10:30 a.m. on a county road in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Police said it appeared that the plane was approaching Crystal Airport when it experienced a mechanical problem and lost power. The pilot tried to make an emergency landing on the county road, striking power lines before reaching the ground and colliding with the car.

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Two people sustained minor injuries when a small plane struck a vehicle on a Twin Cities-area roadway. (Fox News)

The 23-year-old pilot was alone in the single-engine plane and was treated at the scene for minor injuries, police said. The 32-year-old man driving on the roadway was alone in his vehicle and was taken to a hospital with what police described as minor injuries.

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The Federal Aviation Administration will conduct the initial investigation.