TETERBORO, N.J. — Two men ferrying blood specimens walked away from a fiery small plane crash this morning at New Jersey's Teterboro airport, and emergency responders found them at a nearby bus stop, alert and conscious, albeit badly burned.

One of the men, identified as George Maddox of Reading, Pa., was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Sally Malech said. She said Maddox was in critical condition at the hospital's burn unit.

The other man was taken to a hospital but was expected to be taken to St. Barnabas, which has the state's only burn unit. His name and condition were not immediately available.

Little Ferry police officer Adam Warne, who was among the first to respond to the scene, said he was taken aback to find the men alive and talking after the crash.

"They were sitting at the curb at the bus stop. Both of them were alert and conscious and answering questions," Warne said.

Teterboro is the same airport where a plane took off earlier this month before colliding with a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River. Nine people were killed aboard the two aircraft.

In 2005, a corporate jet went off the runway at Teterboro, crashed through a fence and crossed a highway before smashing into a warehouse. Twenty people were injured.