Crime & Safety
Malden Man Identified As Second Beverly Plane Crash Victim
The 28-year-old died on Monday from injuries suffered during the crash last Thursday.
BEVERLY, MA — The passenger in the Beverly single-engine plane crash last week, who died from his injuries on Monday, has been identified as a 28-year-old man from Malden.
The Essex County District Attorney's Office said Joseph Puciloski died four days after he was involved in the crash of a plane shortly after takeoff from Beverly Regional Airport. The 30-year-old pilot, Geoffrey Andrews, of Melrose, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Puciloski was Medflighted to an area hospital with what were described at the time as "serious injuries."
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The pilot's family has since set up a GoFundMe page to support his widow and her upcoming motherhood.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating the crash that involved a single-engine piston M20F aircraft.
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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)
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