Nashville, Mar 5 (AP) Police in Nashville say that multiple people have died after a small plane crashed on Monday night near an interstate highway, shutting down multiple lanes.

The Metro Nashville Police Department says that the single-engine plane crashed just off of Interstate 40 in the western part of the city. Police said multiple people onboard are dead. Police posted a photo of charred wreckage of the small plane in the grass along the interstate.

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Transportation officials said that the eastbound lanes of I-40 were closed. (AP)

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