LAWRENCEVILLE — A small plane went down in a wooded area near homes on Old Athens Road in Lawrenceville on Monday, killing one man and sending another to the hospital.
What happened: Firefighters got the call at 5:30 p.m. Monday after the Gwinnett County Air Traffic Control Tower reported a single-engine plane was having engine trouble and had gone down in the trees. Crews arrived nine minutes later and found both men trapped inside the wreckage.
The victims: One man, found on the right side of the aircraft, was dead at the scene. The other man was hurt but his injuries were not life-threatening. He was taken to a nearby hospital.
The investigation: The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash. The Gwinnett County Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the cause of death. Gwinnett County police are securing the wreckage until the investigation is complete. Questions about the crash should be directed to the NTSB.
On the road: A closure was set up at Rock House Road SE and Old Athens Road SE. It was not immediately clear when that closure would be lifted.
B.T. Clark is the Publisher of The Georgia Sun and author of Principles Are Like Pants… You Ought to Have Some. Over two decades in journalism, he has served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc., earning multiple awards along the way. His work has appeared in newspapers across the state, including The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal.
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