Pilot dies from N.J. crash injuries

LIVINGSTON, N.J. - The Pennsylvania pilot of a small plane that burst into flames after crashing at Teterboro Airport in North Jersey last month has died.

George Maddox of Sinking Spring, Berks County, died Friday at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, said his wife, Lisa Roach Maddox.

He and the copilot, Sanil Gopinath of Laurel, Md., were severely burned Aug. 21, and Gopinath remains hospitalized.

Authorities have said Maddox, 54, was piloting the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron, which crashed into a tree and a sign after an aborted landing.

However, his wife said he wasn't at the controls.

The plane was carrying blood and urine specimens for Quest Diagnostics, a testing firm with an office near the Bergen County airport.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.