Crime & Safety
Long Island Man Owned Plane That Crashed, Killing 1
The small aircraft crashed Friday afternoon in heavy woods near the Clinton-Westbrook border, killing one.
Editor's Note: Patch originally reported that the owner of the plane that crashed in Westbrook was Christine P. Mustazza of East Northport, Long Island, because of a serial-number error. Patch apologizes for the error.
The corrected story follows:
The registered owner of the small plane that crashed in Westbrook Friday afternoon is Peter B. Bendzlowicz III of Wading River, N.Y.
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The plane, which sent out a distress call and crashed in dense woods near the Clinton-Westbrook border, was destroyed, and passenger Peter P. Bendzlowicz Jr., also of Wading River, was killed. The younger Bendzlowicz was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The relationship between the two Bendzlowiczes is unclear.
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For more coverage of the crash, check out this story in the Hartford Courant and this story in the New Haven Register.
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