RAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. – According to the Macomb County Sheriff's Department, a small plane crashed Saturday near 27 Mile and Ray Center roads in Ray Township.
The Sheriff's Department said the plane crashed onto the Wolcott Mill golf course, which is on the grounds of the Huron-Clinton Metroparks.
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The pilot was pulled from the wreckage. He suffered a head injury and broken bones. No other passengers were onboard the flight.
On Sunday, Metropark Police Chief George Phifer said that the pilot, a 78-year-old Washington Township man, died from his injuries. The man's name has not been released.
An autopsy will be performed in the next couple of days, Phifer said.
The Sheriff's Department received a 911 call about the plane crashing just short of the 11th hole green.
Phifer said a flight control tower lost contact with the plane shortly after it left the Ray Community Airport at about 11:20 a.m. Saturday.
Ray Community Airport is located on Indian Trail just north of 27 Mile Road and east of Ray Center Road.