GRAVES COUNTY, Ky. — Witnesses to Sunday’s plane crash near Interstate 69 in Graves County described seeing the aircraft go down and smoke rising from the crash site.
Kathy Griffith said she watched the plane cross the parkway before it went down in a nearby field.
“It went across the parkway, and went down in the field, and then the next thing I saw was the smoke, and I called 9-1-1,” Griffith said.
Griffith said this was not the first plane crash she had witnessed in the area, and that the experiences have taken a toll on her.
“This is not the first one that we have witnessed, this is the second one, and I’m ready to move from here to be completely honest with you,” Griffith said.
Fred Biggs, who lives across from the crash site, said he did not see the plane go down but noticed smoke coming from the area afterward.
“It was a lot of dark black smoke, you know, like oil smoke coming up, quite a bit of it, and it was from one pretty tight location so I know it wasn’t a field fire or even a large house fire,” Biggs said.
Biggs told WPSD Local 6 that he has also witnessed previous plane crashes in the area near the Mayfield-Graves County Airport.
“Being close to the airport, it’s bee...