WMAZ 13 NewsOne man died and a second one injured in a plane crash Friday morning in Peach County.
That’s according to Peach County Sheriff Terry Deese.
It happened around 11 a.m., about a mile south of Lane Southern Orchards, off Highway 96 outside Fort Valley.
The crash happened near a landing strip at the intersection of Borders and Buckeye Road. The landing strip, Cameron Field, services a nearby fly-in community, the Plane Living Skypark.
Deese said the plane was attempting to land and apparently came in too low.
He described it as an older-model, single-engine plane, but declined to name the model.
He said FAA investigators are en route from Atlanta and should be here after 4 p.m.
Deese said the two men are both “local,” and witnesses to the crash knew one or both.
He declined to identify the two men until family are notified.
The owner of Cameron Field, David Murphy, declined comment.
Rescue crews removed the victim’s body from the scene around 1 p.m.
A second man was rushed to a hospital and was reportedly conscious and alert after the crash.
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