Police in Nashville say that multiple people have died after a small plane crashed Monday night near an interstate highway, shutting down multiple lanes.
The single-engine plane crashed just off of Interstate 40 in the western part of the city, the Metro Nashville Police Department said. Police said multiple people onboard are dead.
Authorities posted a photo of charred wreckage of the small plane in the grass along the interstate.
The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority said it was alerted to the crash, which happened three miles south of John C. Tune Airport, at 7:49pm.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration will investigate after Metro first responders ensure the accident scene is safe, the airport authority said.
Police in Nashville say that multiple people have died after a small plane crashed Monday night near an interstate highway, shutting down multiple lanes
Transportation officials said that the eastbound lanes of I-40 were closed.
‘We are saddened by the loss of souls that were on board, but we are proud of the work that everyone is doing to stabilize this incident and to make sure that there were no additional casualties,’ said Metro Fire Department Public Information Officer Kendra Loney.
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