LURAVILLE — A single-engine plane crashed into the Suwannee River on Saturday evening with one fatality.

According to Suwannee County Fire Rescue, a call came in at 5:08 p.m. that a single-engine plane was in the river in the western part of Suwannee County near the Luraville area. A single occupant was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to Suwannee County Sheriff Sam St. John and SCFR.

Units from Lafayette County and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were notified and assisted.

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration were communicating with the emergency crews on the scene and will perform an investigation at the scene as to the cause of the accident.