Crime & Safety

Clinton Police Identify Pilot Involved in Plane Crash

The single-engine plane crashed on Princess Pine Lane on Saturday, Nov. 15.

Shirley Onacilla, 62, of Jersey City, N.J., is identified as the pilot whose plane crashed into trees on Princess Pine Lane earlier Saturday, Nov. 15.

Onacilla was treated and released from Middlesex Memorial Hospital Shoreline in Westbrook, according to Clinton Police Department Sgt. Jeremiah Dunn.

The pilot was treated for minor bruises and abrasions. Police are securing the scene overnight until FAA investigators arrive on scene Sunday morning, Dunn said.

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