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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…
IDs Released For Man, Woman Killed After Small Plane Crashes On Long Island
The two people killed when a small plane crashed on the field of a farm on the North Fork of Long Island have been identified.
Emergency responders rushed to the scene of the crash, which occurred around 9:15 a.m., Saturday, June 8 on a field at Harbes Family Farm on Sound Avenue in the hamlet of Mattituck in the Town of Southold.
The two occupants in the plane, a six-seat Beechcraft Bonanza A36, were pronounced dead at the scene.
They have been identified as Suffolk County residents Robert Mark, 66, and Susan Quagliano, 57, who both lived at the same address in the hamlet of Oakdale …
