(CNN): A small plane crashed on a major highway that encircles Atlanta on Friday morning, killing all four people who were aboard and severely snarling traffic, officials said.
The single-engine Piper PA-32 slammed onto I-285 just north of Atlanta after leaving nearby DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said, leaving smoldering wreckage near the concrete barrier separating eastbound and westbound lanes.
The plane clipped a tractor-trailer on the way down, the office of DeKalb County Public Safety Director William Miller said. No motorists were injured, Dekalb County fire department spokesman Capt. Eric Jackson said.
All four people aboard the plane died, Jackson said.
Images taken by WSB and police in the Atlanta-area city of Dunwoody showed smoking debris on I-285, near the concrete barrier.
All lanes in both directions were closed at the crash site, causing long traffic backups.
Dunwoody police began reporting the crash around 10 a.m. ET.
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