LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. --
A plane has crashed in a Lawrenceville neighborhood Monday afternoon, officials said, killing the pilot.
The plane went down on Simmons Circle near Spring Circle at about 5 p.m. Gwinnett County Fire Capt. Tommy Rutledge said it appeared the plane clipped the tree line behind a house on Simmons Circle after taking off from Briscoe Field. The plane did not hit any houses.
The plane was engulfed in flames, firefighters said.
Officials said three other people on the plane survived, but are in critical condition. The names of the victims were not immediately released.
CBS Atlanta learned that the plane was registered to Robert Peter Watson, Sr., of Dawsonville. It was not immediately known whether he was on board the plane.
The plane is a fixed-wing, multi-engine Beech aircraft that was built in 1960.
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