Milton, N.Y. — A grandfather died on Halloween after the plane he was flying crashed into a tree in Upstate New York.

Frederick M. Baber died on Friday, Oct. 31, after his small plane hit a tree and fell into the driveway of a home in Milton, WTEN reported. His only passenger, Alexander Hoff, was seriously injured in the crash, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

The accident happened at 10:24 a.m. on Wyndham Way, a cul-de-sac that borders the Saratoga County Airport in the Capital Region . A wind advisory warning of 35 to 40 mph wind gusts was in place for much of Upstate shortly after the crash.

Baber, a 58-year-old pilot from Port Charlotte, Florida, was taking off from the airport’s runway when his plane crashed, the sheriff’s office told the Times Un

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