ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- A single-engine aircraft crashed near a property owned by Buffalo Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins on Thursday morning.
East Aurora Police Department chief of police, Patrick Welch, announced during a press conference that only the pilot was in the plane going from Lansing, M.I. to White Plains, N.Y., but experienced a mechanical issue. The pilot died in the accident. There were no additional injuries reported and no damage to nearby homes. It did land 100-200 feet from the nearest residence, per Welch.
"I still wonder why things happen in life, but tragedies happen all of the time," Dawkins, who was visibly emotional, said after practice.