Man Who Went to Space With Shatner Dies in Plane Crash

Glen M. de Vries

Photographer: LM Otero/AP
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Hampton Township, N.J. (AP) -- A man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when the small plane they were in crashed in a wooded area of northern New Jersey, according to state police.

The one-time space tourist Glen M. de Vries, 49, of New York City, and Thomas P. Fischer, 54, of Hopatcong, were aboard the single-engine Cessna 172 that went down Thursday.