Three people died Wednesday morning when a small plane went down off Violet Way at the end of Carter Spencer Road in Middleburg, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Clay County firefighters and deputies responded to the scene first and asked everyone to avoid the area. Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook said the call came in Wednesday morning and deputies found the plane in the woods with the passengers dead at the scene. “You can get there by walking through the woods. We didn’t need any extra equipment to get to it. There was a little path that led to where the wreckage was,” Cook said. FHP took over the case and Clay County deputies will provide assistance with security and traffic detours, Cook said. The case will be handed over to the NTSB when those investigators arrive.