The NTSB in its first preliminary report said that the operator began to decelerate 430 feet away from the tree and traveled another 880 feet before coming to a stop.
The National Weather Service issued a report at 6:23 a.m. on Friday for dense fog until 9 a.m. The alert is for Jeff Davis, Bacon, Appling, Wayne, Pierce, Brantley, Ware and Charlton counties.