Authorities: 1 dead in small plane crash on Tennessee road

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) — A small plane crashed Tuesday on a road in a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, killing one person, authorities said.

In this photo released by the Brentwood, Tennessee Police Department, the wreckage of a small plane is shown Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, along a road in Brentwood, Tenn. Police said one person died in the crash. (Brentwood Police Department via AP)

The pilot was the only person on board the single-engine plane that crashed in Brentwood at 7:30 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

Brentwood police confirmed one fatality but didn’t immediately indicate whether the person who died was on the plane. Police said on Twitter that the two-lane road in the community just south of Nashville was closed afterward.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the crash.

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