Lawrenceville plane crash kills 57-year-old

Finding out more about a man who died in a small plane crash near Lawrenceville. Police say 57-year-old Eric Stevens died while flying inside a Velocity 173 FG that crashed a mile southeast of Gwinnett County Airport. Fox 5 first told you about the crash last night during Fox 5 News at 10 and 11. Fox 5's Larry Sproul, live in Gwinnett County. Larry, you spoke to a witness of that crash. Good evening, Tom and Courtney, I did it within the last 15 seconds or so. They just cleared that runway and took away that plane. But the witness who lives across the street tells me that he heard the crash when he got home yesterday about 530. He literally ran across the street right over there to the woods and he tried to help. Wednesday afternoon, Fox 5 cameras were rolling as crews removed what's left of the plane that crashed Tuesday night in Gwinnett County from the woods. Police blocked off this area in Lawrenceville all day Wednesday. We saw NTSB investigators on the scene near Winder Highway and Bacchus Drive. Tuesday night around 5:30, federal investigators say a Velocity 173. FG plane crashed in the woods. Flight records show it was registered to 57-year-old Eric Stevens from Roswell, who died in the crash. It's pretty scary stuff. Seth Bilstein lives across the street. He was the first one on the scene. I got off work about 5.30 yesterday and was coming down Old Athens, and I noticed the wreckage, and so I walked over, and I noticed that there was an aircraft in the woods, and I noticed that somebody was moving around. I shouted, hello, hello, and they didn't respond. So that's when I called 9-1-1 and they got here within a few minutes. Gwinnett County Police confirmed to me Eric Stevens and another person were trapped inside the small craft when it slammed into the ground just one mile from the Gwinnett County Airport. I noticed that the tops of the trees were down over here. He clipped the top of the tree over here and there was a bunch of debris. And I noticed that there was a large object in the trees over there. So I walked over and... I noticed that it was an aircraft I couldn't believe my eyes. Fox 5 learned Stevens belonged to Roswell United Methodist Church. They released this statement it says in part Roswell United Methodist Church deeply grieves the death of Eric Stevens, a longtime church member and friend. We ask that you join us in keeping his wife Cammie, Daughters Catherine and Mary and their family in your prayers. And again, NTSB officials are still investigating the crash or trying to figure out what happened and what caused the crash, what caused the plane to crash. We are live in Gwinnett County tonight. I'm Larry Sproul, Fox 5 News. All right, Larry, thanks.