I-285 plane crash: Three of 4 victims identified

Three men and one woman died Friday when a small plane crashed on Interstate 285 at Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

Channel 2 Action News, a partner of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has confirmed the identities of the three men.

The three men were identified as Christopher, Greg and Phillip Byrd.

Grady Byrd of Asheville, N.C., the father of Greg Byrd and the grandfather of Christopher and Phillip Byrd, told 11Alive's Rebecca Lindstrom that the fiancee of one of the grandsons was the fourth victim. Channel 2 and The AJC are not identifying the woman until her family can be notified.

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