SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (CNN)—A plane makes an emergency landing on a highway in Santa Barbara and no one was injured.

Just after 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning Chris Michel and his wife, Temecula, Calif., were flying a 1965 Pipler Comanche 260 plane to Santa Barbara when the plane lost power. The pilot told air traffic controllers he had no fuel remaining.

“As he descended upon the freeway he was unable to maintain control of the plane due to lack of power,” said Officer James Richards, California Highway Patrol. “The plane did veer to the left and he descended upon the freeway opposing traffic.”

The plane struck three cars: a Volkswagen with three passengers, a Suburban with two passengers and a Honda with one.

“Amazingly there were no injuries reported,” said Richards. “One person, the passenger in the Suburban was transported for precautionary reasons. We’ve have later contacted that individual, interviewed him and he has relayed that he is not injured.”

Traffic was stopped on southbound 101 for about 10 minutes and the freeway was clear by around noon.

The CHP officials say this could have been a lot worse.

“I think everyone is very fortunate this morning that no one was injured,” said Richards. “To imagine that an aircraft is going to land on the freeway opposing traffic, and strike a couple of cars and then no one comes out injured is truly amazing.”