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Hudson Valley Man Walks Away Uninjured After NJ Plane Crash
A Hudson Valley man was among three who escaped uninjured when the plane they were flying in ran off a runway and crashed at the Essex County Airport in New Jersey on Easter Sunday, authorities said.
The 2020 Citation CJ3 Plus was found at the end of Runway 22 in a drainage brook at approximately 2:40 p.m., on Sunday, April 17, police in Fairfield, New Jersey, said.
As police and EMS were arriving, the pilot and two passengers were climbing out, police said. They were identified as Corie Dave Bennett, age 45, of Danbury, CT; Carlos Rodriguez, age 57, of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess Co…
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…
