Emergency crews swarmed a wooded area near Winder Highway and Bacchus Drive in Lawrenceville Tuesday evening after a plane went down in Gwinnett County, and as of Tuesday night, authorities still had not said how many people were aboard, whether anyone was hurt, or what caused the aircraft to crash.
According to FOX 5 Atlanta, emergency crews responded to the scene Tuesday evening after the airplane came down in a wooded area near the intersection. The station reported that officials had not confirmed how many people were aboard the aircraft or whether anyone suffered injuries in the collision, and had also not disclosed what led up to the crash, the type of plane involved, or any road closures in the surrounding area. Gwinnett County police told the station that additional updates would be provided once information became available from investigators on the scene.
Conflicting Accounts of the Crash Site
Exactly where the plane went down remained somewhat murky in the hours after the crash. WSB-TV reported that a small plane had crashed near the police training center in Gwinnett County, placing the location near the south side of Gwinnett County Airport. Atlanta News First, meanwhile, reported that the crash was believed to have happened near Winder Highway and Bacchus Drive in Lawrenceville, which it noted is under two miles from Gwinnett County Airport.
That same outlet reported that police had not said what caused the plane to crash or whether there were any injuries, echoing the uncertainty described elsewhere. The overlapping but not identical descriptions — a wooded area near Winder Highway and Bacchus Drive versus a spot near the police training center and the airport's south side — have not been reconciled by authorities, and no single, authoritative location has been confirmed publicly.
Investigation Still Developing
The Georgia Sun, a Lawrenceville-based outlet, reported Tuesday night that authorities were investigating the plane crash near Winder Highway and Bacchus Drive in the Lawrenceville area of Gwinnett County, and that the investigation remained ongoing as of Tuesday evening. That outlet likewise reported that authorities had not released the precise crash location, the incident time, the type of aircraft involved, the number of people on board, or the condition of any occupants, and said it planned to publish additional information as it becomes available.
With so little confirmed by investigators, the basic facts of the crash — who was flying, why the plane went down, and whether anyone survived — remain unanswered. Gwinnett County police have indicated updates will follow as investigators continue working the scene, but as of Tuesday night, no further details had been made public.
