Five die in plane crash west of Augusta.

Five people are dead after a small jet crashed in Thomson, Georgia — about 30 miles west of Augusta.

Seven people were on the jet. The two survivors were taken to the hospital, but their condition is not known, McDuffie County Sheriff Logan Marshall said.

Marshall said the identities of those killed were being withheld pending notification of family members.

“We heard just a like boom and the power flickered off and on,” a woman who lives near the airport told CBS Radio. “Then everybody was calling, saying a plane had crashed.”

WBS's Richard Sangster reports an NTSB "Go Team" is investigating the crash Preliminary reports indicate the jet ran off the end of the runway after landing around 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Thomson-McDuffie County Airport, FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.

"It looks like it may have over-shot the runway,"  said McDuffy County Sheriff Chief Deputy Ronnie Williamson.  "Just barely missing a manufacturing building and crashing in the woods.

The Augusta Chronicle reports a brush fire flared near the crash scene, quoting witnesses who reported local power outages that prompted a utility to send workers to the site. A photograph posted on the newspaper's online site showed ambulances with lights flashing.

The jet is a Hawker Beechcraft 390/Premier I and, according to Sangster, is owned by the Vein Guys medical pracitce

Bergen says the jet departed from the John Tune Airport in Nashville, Tenn. and was destined for Thomson-McDuffie Airport.

Sangster is gathering more information at the scene. Check back with WSBRadio.com and 95.5-FM and AM-750 News/Talk WSB throughout the day for updates.