LINCOLN, Ill. (WAND) – Illinois State Police say three people were on a plane that went down on the interstate and erupted in flames in Logan County.
The crash happened around 8:49 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 at Milepost 126.
ISP said three people were on the single engine Cesna 172. The Logan County Coroner is on the scene, according to ISP.
The plane was fully engulfed in flames upon impact in the middle of the interstate, ISP said in a news release. Multiple agencies have responded to the site to assist. As of 10:20 a.m. a mobile command center from the Logan County Sheriff’s Department was at the crash site.
Federal Aviation Administration officials are responding to the scene.
IDOT has closed all southbound lanes of traffic on I-55.
I-55 SB traffic is being diverted at MP 126 into Lincoln.