Does that mean 3 people survived? I heard 5 were aboard.
Yes - according to the reporter. Video is very informative.
] By Savannah Morning News
Posted at 11:51 AM Updated at 1:15 PM
A C-130 Hercules cargo plane from Puerto Rico Air National Guard has crashed near the intersection of Ga. 21 and Crossgate Road in Savannah. According to the Chatham County Coroner, two people are dead.
According to a press release from Jeffrey Bezore, Wing Executive Officer 165th Airlift Wing, the crash happened around 11:30 a.m. during a training mission with five people on board.
Mark Jones was near the intersection of Highway 21 and Gulfstream Road when he noticed the plane low in the air.
I could see (the plane) above the tree line and it looked kind of low like it was curving in toward street, but I see them all the time, so I didnt think anything of it, Jones said.
I looked down and then looked back up and it didnt look like it nosedived, but it almost looked like it stalled and just went almost flat right there in the middle of the highway.
Jones said the explosion happened immediately upon impact and believes the plane could have landed on cars.
There were definitely cars going both ways... Most people stopped and got out of their cars, he said.
Im still shook up and shaking. My stomach is in knots because I know theyre people just like me. I wasnt that far from it and I could have just kept going and it would have been me and we wouldnt be talking right now. They were just people driving to where ever and not expecting something like that to happen.