N.Y. county legislator identified as victim in fatal Block Island plane crash

PBN Staff

07/31/2025

DANIEL P. WILSON, 77, Montgomery County District 5 legislator who served Albany, Schenectady and Troy, N.Y., died on his way to the hospital following Wednesday’s plane crash at Block Island Airport. / COURTESY HENRY DUPONT

PROVIDENCE – A New York county legislator died in Wednesday’s plane crash on Block Island. Daniel P. Wilson, 77, Montgomery County District 5 legislator who serves the Albany, Schenectady and Troy, N.Y. area, died on his way to the hospital after a single-engine aircraft failed an attempted landing at Block Island State Airport, Montgomery County

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