Country singer and songwriter, Brett James, known for the hit “Jesus, Take the Wheel," died with two others in a small plane in North Carolina’s mountains Tuesday, according to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

James, also known for the hit song "When the Sun Goes Down," was traveling in a the single-engine, Cirrus SR22T plane when it crashed near Lotla Valley Elementary School by Franklin. He was 58.

The town is located about an hour west of Asheville, and no one at the school was hurt when the crash happened. But emergency management officials said there were no survivors on the plane.

As of Friday moring, officials had not released the names of the two others killed in the wreck. Both the Federal Aviation Administration and the <a h

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