WAYNE, W.Va. — There are at least six confirmed dead in a twin-engine plane that crashed on a hillside near Plymale Branch Road in Wayne County.

Wayne County Sheriff’s dispatchers got a call around 1:15 Friday afternoon, according to a dispatcher, who confirmed there is a recovery effort going on. The crash happened near the Tri-State Airport.

Pam Asbury was working at her desk when she heard the crash. Asbury lives about 300 yards from the crash site.

“I heard it all right. It wasn’t an explosion. I thought a tree had fallen on a house,” Asbury said.

Asbury tried to walk out to the area.

“Snow was coming down so hard you could hardly see,” she said. “I walked out there and couldn’t see and walked down to Plymale Branch. I could see a little bit on the hillside.”