One person was killed in a plane crash Friday morning in northwest Georgia.
Authorities confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that a plane went down off Treat Mountain Road in southern Polk County, near the Haralson County line.
The crash site is in a rural area about 70 miles northwest of Atlanta, near the Alabama state line.
The identity of the person killed has not been released.
Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said the plane was an RV-4.
The RV-4 is kit plane that seats two people. Bergen said the pilot was the only person on board.
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