University of South Carolina Libraries
Plane crashes in downtown Atlanta, kills 2 ■ Aircraft clips auto-body shop, kills both people on board By KRISTEN WYATT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — A small plane clipped an auto-body shop and crashed and burned in a parking lot Tuesday near the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr., killing both people aboard. No one on the ground was hurt. The twin-engine Beechcraft had taken off from the nearby DeKalb Peachtree Airport and was headed to Venice, Fla., in a rainstorm when it went into a nosedive. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune identified the victims as pilot John Ingram, 71, and his wife, 67-year-old Rae Ingram, of Nokomis, Fla., a town near Venice. National Transportation Safety Board investigator Eric Alleyne said the plane sent out a distress signal, but he did not know what caused it to spin out of control. It was tumbling straight down, said Malcolm Okosun, who was working on a construction project a block from the crash site downtown. The aircraft’s wing clipped the auto body shop as it went down, and the plane crashed in the business’ parking lot. Only a few people were in the building and none needed medical attention, said Fire Department spokeswoman Sandra Walker. A rainstorm was moving through at the time. “It looked like there was some pretty heavy wind,” said Chris Spanovic, who watched the plane go down from two blocks away. The crash happened in the city’s historic Sweet Auburn neighborhood, where King grew up and later preached at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The church is a few blocks from the crash site. King’s birthplace is about 40 yards away. The neighborhood, which calls itself the cradle of the civil rights movement, includes old warehouses that have been converted into apartments and businesses. An Atlanta firefighter walks with a tarp through the wreckage of a small plan that crashed in Atlanta Tuesday, the plane wiith two people aboard crashed during a rainstorm into an auto-body shop.. JOHN BASEMORE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COSTUME RENTALS AND SALES your Halloween source 5143 Forest Drive 782.8188 BECOME AN EGG DONOR' 843-856-1035 Egg Donation Program WE NEED YOUR HELP! We need young, healthy women between 21 - 31 years of age. Donors will be compensated $2500 for their time. Proud To Be a Carolinian “Fill the Bus” Food Drive for Harvest Hope Food Bank on Greene Street all week. Sponsored by Office of Community Service programs Sunday, October 24 Creed Week Kickoff - The Blue Dogs: 3:30pm - 5:45pm Russell House Patio Sponsored by Carolina Student Judicial Council Monday, October 25 Lapel Pin Giveaway: 10am - 2pm Greene Street Get spotted wearing your pin and win a DVD player Sponsored by Carolina Student Judicial Council Garba Night: 7pm Capstone Hall Sponsored by Indian Cultural Exchange and Hindu Students Council Tuesday, October 26 Evoka and Agynst Concert: 11:30am - 2pm Greene Street Sponsored by Carolina Student Judicial Council Leaving a Legacy by Showing Concern for Others Time and Location TBA Sponsored by Dance Marathon Wednesday, October 27 Lapel Pin Prizes Awarded: 1 Oam - 2pm Greene Street Sponsored by Carolina Student Judicial Council Young Democrats, Young Republicans Political Ethics Debate: 7 - 8pm Location TBA Sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa Birdcage: 8pm Russell House Ballroom Sponsored by BGLA and Carolina Productions Thursday, October 28 Georgia Sea Island Singers: 7pm Law School Auditorium Sponsored by Carolina Student Judicial Council Gay Marriage Debate: 8pm Russell House Ballroom Sponsored by Carolina Productions Movies Sponsored by Mon 10/25 & Wed 10/27 Tues 10/26&Thur 10/28 WRHA 2pm & 2am: Pay it Forward 2pm & 2am: Music of the Heart 8pm: Paycheck 8pm: The Green Mile 11 pm: A Civil Action 11 pm: Higher Learning Proud to Follow the Creed For more information and a complete schedule of events go to www.sa.sc.edu/creed Sponsored by Carolina Student Judicial Council, Residence arOlinian Hall Association, Student Government, University Housing, _ and Office of Student Judicial Programs. SIGN IT. MEAN IT. LIVE IT. v V { | f (• ---»