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Mom Killed, Daughter Hurt In Plane Crash On Long Island Were Fulfilling Lifelong Flying Dream
A woman who was killed and a daughter who was injured when a small plane crashed on Long Island were fulfilling a lifelong flying dream.
Roma Gupta, age 63, of Whitehouse Station in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, died, while her daughter, Reeva Gupta, age 33, of St. Davids in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, remains in critical condition following the crash in North Lindenhurst on Sunday, March 5.
The plane’s pilot, New York City resident Fayzul Chowdhury, 23, of the Bronx, also remains in critical condition at Stony Brook University Hospital.
Earlier report: IDs Released For Woma…
NJ Mom Killed, PA Daughter Burned In Plane Crash Were Fulfilling Life-Long Flying Dream
A New Jersey woman was killed and two others injured after it crashed in a residential area of Long Island.
Roma Gupta, 63, of Whitehouse Station in Hunterdon County, died, while her daughter, Reeva Gupta, 33, of Delaware County, PA, remains in critical condition following the crash in North Lindenhurst Sunday, March 5.
The plane’s pilot, New York City resident Fayzul Chowdhury, 23, of the Bronx, also remains in critical condition at Stony Brook University Hospital.
More than $107,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe campaign for the Gupta family as of Tuesday, March 7. According to the…
Isaias: Hundreds Of Thousands Now Without Power On Long Island; Some Lirr Service Suspended
Click here for a new, updated story: Isaias New Update: These Long Island Communities Most Affected By Power Outages
About 320,000 Long Islanders have been left without power after Tropical Storm Isaias, packed by whipping winds topping out at more than 70 miles per hour, sped through the region.
The total number of outages peaked at more than 330,000 on Tuesday night, Aug. 4, shortly after the storm had passed north.
PSEG Long Island is reporting at about 7 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5 that 135,767 customers are without power in Nassau County and 182,019 in Suffolk …
IDs Released For Two Killed, Four Injured In Plane Crash Into House Near Area Airport
The identities of the two people killed and four injured when a small plane crashed into a two-story home near a public-access airport in the area have been released.
The crash happened in Dutchess County just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Aug. 17 on South Smith Road in Union Vale, just south of Sky Acres Airport and east of the Taconic State Parkway.
The two who died were the pilot of the Cessna 303, identified as Francisco Knipping-Diaz, 61, of Woodmere in Nassau County, and a man who was in the house at the time, Gerard Bocker, 61, who has been tentativel…
