RUSTON, La. – A pilot is dead following a single-engine plane crash in Jackson Parish Tuesday morning, Jackson Parish Sheriff Andy Brown told KTBS.

The crash scene is in a heavily wooded area around state Highway 146 and Old Snipe Road southeast of the Ruston airport, putting it about 5 miles into Jackson Parish.

The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. He was the only person on board.

Brown said the man works for a company in Ruston and was en route there when the crash happened. The site is isolated with no homes or other structures around, Brown said.

The man’s name is being withheld until his family members in Texas are notified, said Brown, who knows the victim.

Federal authorities will head up the investigation into the crash.

The sheriff’s office was notified about the pote

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