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Four Long Island men injured in upstate plane crash

Originally published: May 21, 2010 12:32 PM
Updated: May 21, 2010 2:38 PM
By JOHN VALENTI AND KEITH HERBERT john.valenti@newsday.com, keith.herbert@newsday.com

Four Long Island men remain hospitalized after their

Photo credit: Carl Aiello | Four Long Island men remain hospitalized after their small plane overshot the runway at a Hudson Valley airport and landed in the front yard of a home Thursday, police said. (May 20, 2010)

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A single-engine plane carrying four Long Island men crashed just beyond a runway after taking off Thursday night, the owner of the upstate airport restaurant told Newsday.

Michael Gelsomine, a Bay Shore native who owns Nu-CAVU restaurant at Wallkill AirPark, said the four had stopped at the airport for dinner and were taking off about 9:45 p.m. when the plane crashed about an eighth of a mile...

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