PRIVATE PLANE CRASH Plane Crash Reported In Meigs County, Ohio
Reported by: Bethany Simmons
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Also Contributing: Mamie Buoy, Dan Matics
Reported: Jul. 20, 2012 2:39 PM EDT
Updated: Jul. 20, 2012 10:47 PM EDT
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Rutland Township
, Meigs County
, Ohio
One person is dead after a plane crash in Meigs County, Ohio.
The single engine plane crashed in a wooded area near Zion Road and Ohio Route 143 around 11:30am Friday.
Witnesses say the plane was flying very low and stalled in the area.
The pilot, 72-year-old Gerald Chamberlain, was found dead on the scene. Chamberlain is from Raeford, North Carolina.
Federal agencies have been called in to investigate the crash.
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Emergency crews are on the scene of a plane crash in Meigs County, Ohio.
Ohio State Highway patrol officers tell Eyewitness News the plane was found just before 1:30pm Friday along Zion Road near Ohio 143 -- that's in the Rutland Township area.
We have a crew headed to the scene and will bring you more on this developing story as it becomes available.
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