LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) _ A pilot and passenger from Scottsbluff escaped injury when their twin-engine plane crashed in Albany County.

The Albany County Sheriff's Office says the crash occurred early Saturday when the craft carrying Rick Corey and Larry Rice began to lose altitude near Rock River because of ice buildup on the wings. Corey, the pilot tried to land the Beechcraft plane on a state highway but clipped a power line and ended up in a field. Authorities say the plane was headed for Saratoga.

Corey is a former commercial airline pilot while Rice is the owner of Panhandle Feeders and has other livestock interests.