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Pilot of ultralight plane dies from injuries sustained in crash

YOUNG TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A 64-year-old Conemaugh Township man died from injuries he sustained when the ultralight plane he was piloting crashed in rural Indiana County Monday night.

Emergency crews responded just after 8:30 p.m. to the scene off of Church Street in the village of McIntyre, Young Township.

“It's a one-person plane,” State Police Cpl. Jacob Jesse said. “Ultralight plane, just a single-seater.”

The person flying it, later identified as Michael Grguric, was the only one on board.

The plane did not have an enclosed cockpit, Jesse said.

“It's a glider with an engine, essentially,” Jesse said. “It looks like a large glider.”

Witnesses told investigators that Grguric’s plane contacted trees while attempting to regain altitude following a practice maneuver.

Chief deputy coroner Jerry Overman ruled the cause of death to be multiple blunt force trauma. He said the crash was an accident.

Channel 11’s news exchange partners at TribLIVE contributed to this report.