Lawrenceville plane crash kills one in woods

The second story tonight is out of Gwinnett. That's where one man died and another was injured in a plane crash near a Lawrenceville neighborhood. That's where we begin tonight at 10. Thanks for joining us. I'm Courtney Bryant. And I'm Russ Spencer. The plane went down just before 5.30 this afternoon near Winder Highway and Bacchus Drive in Lawrenceville. On Fox 5's Christopher King is live there with the latest tonight. Christopher. Russ, Courtney, authorities say a small... Excuse me, authorities say a small single engine plane crashed down this road. The plane went down in some woods not far from some homes. It happened on the 1st. Excuse me. It happened on the 1,000 block of Old Athens Highway in Lawrenceville. Gwinnett County Fire says the plane was trying to land. The pilot reported engine trouble. Then the plane plunged to the ground. The fire department says two men were trapped inside. One man was dead at the scene. Investigators say he was on the left side of the plane. Emergency crews got the other man out. He's expected to survive. It's not clear who was the pilot. We spoke with investigators and a witness who heard the crash. Take a listen. They were experiencing a rough engine per the air traffic controllers, and they requested to land. So they requested the airport to clear the landing site for them. So they were attempting to land. It smelled very like something was burning bad, and it was hurting my nose a lot. So I didn't smell anything. I heard a boom. It was like a distance boom. It was big, and then it got smaller and smaller. I'm like, oh, no. Now, police shut down Old Athens Highway between Rockhouse Road and Cedars Road. Authorities say the plane had taken off from Briscoe Field here in Lawrenceville. The aircraft had been flying for about 90 minutes. The NTSB and the FAA are investigating. We're live in Lawrenceville. Christopher King, Fox 5 News. Christopher, we understand the plane came down very close to a neighborhood there. Can you give us some perspective on that? Yeah, Ross, it came down into, or I should say it went down in some woods across the street from some homes. It isn't entirely clear how close it was from what we saw on the map. It looked like it was less than a quarter mile away. But from what we understand, there were no homes that were in any danger. We're working to get more details on that. All right, Christopher King, live for us. Thanks, Christopher.