Officials investigate a deadly airplane crash after the single-engine aircraft slammed into a median wall on the heavily traveled I-285 interstate highway and stopped traffic in all directions in Doraville, Georgia, just north of metro Atlanta, May 8, 2015. According to authorities, four persons aboard the Piper PA-32 aircraft that departed nearby Dekalb-Peachtree Airport died in an ensuing fire after the plane crashed but passing motorists escaped injury. Photo by David Tulis/UPI | License PhotoATLANTA, May 8 (UPI) — A small plane crashed on busy Interstate 285 Friday morning, killing four aboard and stopping traffic for miles, authorities said.
The plane, a single-engine Piper PA-32,crashed onto the Atlanta highway about 10 a.m. and burst into flames. The four people on board the aircraft died. It was not clear whether anyone on the ground was hurt, but authorities said there were “a lot of close calls.”
Firefighters extinguished the flames, but little was left of the wreckage. Traffic in both directions was shut down.
The aircraft reportedly left DeKalb Peachtree Airport.
