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Four People Killed In Henry County Plane Crash
POSTED: 9:54 am EDT October 6,
2006
UPDATED: 10:20 am EDT October 7,
2006
STOCKBRIDGE -- A fourth person has died following a small plane crash in Henry County.The night administrator at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta says 65-year-old Bruce Byrne died from his injuries early Saturday morning.He was one of four people in a single engine Cessna that crashed yesterday near Berry Hill Airport in Stockbridge.The pilot Durwood Smith and his wife, Patricia, were also killed along with Bryne's wife, Linda.Smith's mother-in-law, Elsie Crocker, said the couples were headed to Saint Simons Island.Crocker said the Smiths had been married for a little more than two years and were both active at their church - - where Durwood Smith was a Sunday school teacher.She said he had three children from a previous marriage.Patricia Smith had a daughter who was killed by a drunk driver years ago.Authorities say their plane struck some power lines shortly after take-off.
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