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Shortly after 10:00 a.m., a Piper PA-32 airplane crashed onto the median and eastbound lanes of I-295 in Atlanta. Though all four people and one pet aboard the plane died in the crash, all motorists on the roadway managed to miraculously avoid the carnage, with two vehicles narrowly escaping. Those who died have been identified as Greg Byrd, his sons Christopher Byrd, 27, and Phillip Byrd, 25, and Jackie Kulzer, who was Christopher's fiancee. The plane had taken off from Asheville at about 8:14 a.m.