[quote]The single-engine Piper PA-32 passed in front of Smith's decelerating tractor-trailer and crashed on Interstate 285 just north of Atlanta, killing all four people aboard and severely snarling post-rush-hour traffic on the bypass that encircles the city, officials said.[/quote]
Quite the tragedy. Quote from a Truck driver who almost hit the plane:
[quote]Smith, the truck driver, told WSB that he was driving when he looked to his right and "saw a plane approaching me at a fast rate of speed (and) flying very low."
He slammed on his brakes. The plane clipped the front of his truck but continued past him, he said.
"It wasn't any higher than the top of my truck," Smith told WSB. "By the time I hit the brakes, I heard the impact on the front of my truck."
"If I would have stayed on the gas, I probably would have hit it head on," Smith said.[/quote]
Source(s):
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/08/us/atlanta-highway-plane-crash/index.html[/url]
[url]http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/plane-crashes-near-dekalbpeachtree-airport/nmCCj/[/url]
pretty ballsy considering I-285 is filled to the brim with traffic about 90% of the day due to it being the perimeter of atlanta.
[quote]"It wasn't any higher than the top of my truck," Smith told WSB. "By the time I hit the brakes, I heard the impact on the front of my truck."
"If I would have stayed on the gas, I probably would have hit it head on," Smith said.[/quote]
It's enough that the plane crashed with no survivors, but damn another person was close to getting killed too.
I was down there yesterday traffic was backed up at least 8 miles.
My dad witnessed the plane falling down as he was driving to work. Scary as hell
Sucks for the kid graduating. What a fucking terrible psychological blow to happen to someone on such a positive occasion.
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