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News. tragic bit to pass along to you. this is happening outside of the city of atlanta northeast of the city to be exact. a small plane has crashed on a major highway that would be i-285. that small plane departing from peachtree airport. we don't know how many people were aboard this plane but we believe the type of plane to be a piper pa32. it's barely recognizable. traffic is now stopped in both directions as emergency crews continue to work at the scene. when i get more information, i'll pass it along to you. this plane went down on i-285 northeast of the city of atlanta. also this morn...

One of the beziest highways in america shut down for several hours today when a small plane crashed into atlanta's north end perimeter. four people are confirmed dead in that crash, all of them passengers on the plane. let's go to cnn's martin savidge. >> reporter: we're looking now as the wreckage is being gathered. the ntsb has been on scene for a couple hours. the wreckage is going to be crucial to their investigation to figure out what went so terribly wrong. this is i-285 eastbound. it is perhaps one of the most heavily traveled highways in the atlanta area. it is shut down right now. the...

By the traffic behind us here a short while ago reopened i-285. the only evidence of what happened is the black soot mark you can see against the meedsdian. this morning shortly after 10:00 when the piper 32 aircraft apparently took off from peachtree dekalb airport. would have been about a mile away. and quickly witnesses say it looked like it was in trouble, flying low and it was acting erratically and then it impacted. it recently had been fueled. you had a huge fireball. then you had that pal of black smoke. drivers had to swerve to get out of the way. four people onboard killed. miraculou...

Road that small piper. all four are deceased. there is a huge traffic tie-up. i-it 85 is shut down in both directions. i would note that the peachtree airport is not far from the crash site about half a mile or some this may be a case where the pilot had engine trouble on takeoff, tried to set down on the highway and couldn't successfully set the plane down of the plane impacted the media. that apparently cause most of the damage. there was extensive fire. suggesting a lot of fuel were onboard. four people are dead. people are asked to stay away from i-it 85. the traffic -- i-285. the traffic ...

This is about a mile away from the peach tree airport just after takeoff around 10:00 a.m. eastern time. we see affiliate in atlanta is reporting four people are dead. the plane is a pa-32. right now all lanes of i-285 are blocked at the scene. continue to monitor this situation. it is breaking right now just outside of atlanta. there you see the fire officials still hosing down what was i'm told the plane. crashes into this highway. we'll continue to cover this for you and be right back after a short break on "the rundown". boys? stop less. go more. the passat tdi clean diesel with up to 814 ...