Derby Sports Executive Survives New York Plane Crash

DERBY, CT — Jason Klein, president and CEO of Derby-based baseball equipment company Force3 Pro Gear, is the sole survivor of last weekend's small plane crash near Albany, NY, that killed three others, including Major League Baseball executive executive Susanne Hilgefort and husband Michael Mydlarz.

Klein is recuperating at Westchester Medical Center, according to post on his company's Facebook page, and the company is asking that those who wish to send get-well gifts do so to the facility's Maria Fareri Children's Hospital. See below.

Klein, who lives in Orange, and Force3 are the creators of a protective baseball catcher's mask, called the Defender, that is now slowly being integrated into MLB baseball, reports the New Haven Register.

He reportedly is being treated for burns he suffered in the crash, and besides family, Klein is currently not able to accept visitors.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash; the third person killed in the incident has not been named.

Click here to read the full story on the New Haven Register website.