Fertility Doctor Accused of Using Own Sperm Dies in Crash of Hand-Built Plane

Fertility Doctor Accused of Using Own Sperm Dies in Crash of Hand-Built Plane
Police walk past police tape on a blocked off road near the site of an alleged bomb explosion on West 23rd Street in New York on Sept. 17, 2016. Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images
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YATES, N.Y.—A New York fertility doctor who was accused of using his own sperm to impregnate several patients died over the weekend when the hand-built airplane he was in fell apart mid-flight and crashed, authorities said.

Dr. Morris Wortman, 72, of Rochester, was a passenger in the experimental aircraft that went down Sunday in a pasture in Orleans County. The pilot, Earl Luce Jr., of Brockport, also was killed, according to the county sheriff.