Man who crashed into airplane found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound

PHOTOGRAPHER: Stephen Williams

PORTER CORNERS — The man police believe drove the vehicle that crashed through a fence at the Saratoga County Airport on Saturday and severely damaged a plane there has killed himself, the county Sheriff’s Department said today.

Kyle E. Towers, 42, of 500 Allen Rd., was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, sheriff’s Investigator David E. Towne said.

Towne said deputies have confirmed that Towers was the individual responsible for the damage to an airplane owned by the Adirondack Soaring Club, which was parked on the tarmac at the airport.

Deputies said information was developed through the cooperation of Towers’ sister that he had admitted to her that while driving home Saturday night, he lost control of his vehicle, drove off the road through a fence at the airport, and struck the airplane.

Towne said when investigators went to interview Towers at his residence he was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The body was taken to Saratoga Hospital, where an autopsy is scheduled for later today.