Sheriff: Passenger of plane that crashed in Sandersville dies, pilot still hospitalized

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Georgia — Update: 

The passenger of the plane that crashed in a marshy area of Sandersville died in a Macon hospital on Friday, according to Washington County Sheriff Joel Cochran. 

Timothy Fisher, 69, was from Ohio, and he was in the plane when it went down near Kaolin Road in Sandersville Tuesday morning at around 9:30 a.m. 

That is not far from the airfield where he and pilot Daniel Mesnard stopped at to refuel.

Mesnard, who is from Florida, remains hospitalized in Augusta, Sheriff Cochran said. 

The two were flying to Florida from an aviation event in Wisconsin when their plane went down, and the FAA is investigating to figure out what brought Mesnard and Fisher's plane down.

Original:

A plane has crashed in Sandersville, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. 

According to a Facebook post, the crash happened in the 2000 block of Kaolin Road. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office asks drivers to use caution in the area as emergency crews are working on the scene. 

Sheriff Joel Cochran said that they are in the process of trying to rescue two people who are critically injured. Cochran said the area where the plane landed was a marsh with lots of vegetation.

Cochran said the names of the people on the plane are 67-year-old Daniel Mesnard and 69-year-old Timothy Fisher. He said the injuries are serious but they do not know their status. One was flown to a hospital in Macon and the other to a hospital in Augusta.

13WMAZ will provide updates when additional information is made available. 

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