Body of pilot recovered from plane crash in Liberty Co. identified
Body of pilot recovered from plane crash in Liberty Co. By WTOC Staff | December 21, 2020 at 2:36 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 4:17 PM
LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - First responders have recovered the body of a pilot from plane wreckage in Liberty County.
Liberty County Coroner Reggie Pierce has identified the pilot as 63-year-old Dr. Mark Allen Lewis of McIntosh County.
County and federal officials were at the scene of the downed aircraft in the area of Carrs Neck Creek, on the eastern end of the county on Monday.
According to Liberty County Emergency Management Director Larry Logan, the tail of the aircraft as well as a wing was spotted by Liberty County Fires Services Chief Brian Darby.
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A single vehicle accident shortly after 8 p.m. on Sandy Run Road in Riceboro has claimed the life of the driver Wednesday Dec. 9.
According to Georgia State Patrol Senior Trooper, Quincy Melvin, Robert Charles Bacon, 41, was driving his 2015 Jaguar XJL, on U.S. Coastal Highway 17 toward Riceboro when he left the roadway striking a culvert.
The impact sent the vehicle airborne striking several tress in the process, until the vehicle stopped.
Bacon, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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