Girl, 14, Rescued After Plane Crash; Four in Family Killed
A 14-year-old girl crawled away from the burning wreckage of a small plane and waited 15 hours near the bodies of four family members for a rescue squad to find her, authorities said.
The girl, hospitalized in serious condition with a broken shoulder, was found shortly after 12:30 a.m. Sunday, covered with leaves to keep warm in the mountain cold. She was clad in a T-shirt and shorts.
First Lt. David White of the Civil Air Patrol in Atlanta said the girl was coherent despite her ordeal but was overcome with grief over the deaths of her mother, stepfather, older sister and younger cousin.
Neither the girl nor the victims were immediately identified.
The girl said her stepfather lost control of the single-engine Beechcraft on a flight from Griffin to Dahlonega.
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