VIDEO: Pilot dies in crop duster plane crash near Atmore

NEWS 5 AT NOON. I'M DEVON WALSH. FIRST ON FIVE WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS--- A PLANE HAS CRASHED NEAR ATMORE, KILLING THE PILOT. IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING ON GRAVEL LAKE ROAD IN THE POARCH COMMUNITY. WKRG DOT COM MOBILE JOURNALIST BLAKE BROWN JOINS US WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION AT THIS HOUR. YEAH THIS CROP DUSTER PLANE CRASHED AROUND 8 THIS MORNING JUST AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE HERE NEAR ATMORE. THE PILOT WAS SEASONED AND WELL- KNOWN HERE IN THE COMMUNITY IM TOLD. HIS NAME IS NOT BEING RELEASED UNTIL LATER TODAY. A FAMILY FRIEND TELLS ME HE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HIS WIFE WHEN THE PLANE WENT DOWN THIS MORNING. SHERIFF HEATH JACKSON HAS NOT CONFIRMED THAT AT THIS TIME. FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP HERE THIS MORNING. POARCH TRIBAL POLICE WERE ORIGINALLY OUT HERE ON SCENE THIS MORNING UNTIL THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TOOK OVER. SHERIFF JACKSON SAYS ESCAMBIA COUNTY LOST A GOOD MAN TODAY. :32-:48 Sheriff Heath Jackson, Escambia County Sheriff's Office We discovered the crash that was in a gravel lake area on land in the bushes. We located a single engine plane that had went down. At that point the pilot was located and he was deceased at the scene THE FAA WILL SOON CONDUCT THEIR INVESTIGATION HERE ONCE THEY ARRIVE ON SCENE. AGAIN, THEY HAVE NOT MADE IT HERE TO THE CRASH SITE YET AT THIS HOUR. Blake WELL BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST TODAY ON WKRG DOT COM AND LATER ON TODAY ON WKRG NEWS 5. IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA IM BLAKE BROWN WKRG NEWS 5. IF YOU HAVE THE FREE WKRG NEWS FIVE APP,

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Length: 1min 29sec (89 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 16 2020