New York fertility doctor accused of using own sperm to impregnate patients dies in hand-built plane crash

New York fertility doctor accused of using own sperm to impregnate patients dies in hand-built plane crash

A fertility doctor who was accused of using his sperm to impregnate several patients has died, after a plane he was in crashed.

Dr Morris Wortman, 72, from New York, was a passenger in the experimental aircraft that went down on Sunday.

The hand-built plane fell apart mid-flight and according to officers, the pilot was also killed during the crash.

As of Tuesday, the aircraft – identified by the National Transportation Safety Board in the US as a Wittman W-5 Buttercup plane – remains under investigation.

Police said so far the investigation indicates a serious fault downed the plane.

Sheriff Christopher Bourke said: “The wings of the aircraft became detached from the fuselage and fell to the ground in an orchard.”

The fuselage continued west for another 1,000 to 1,500 yards before crashing.

Dr Wortman was well-known in western New York and was often the target of anti-abortion protesters.

In 2021, he was sued by the daughter of one of his patients who became pregnant in the 1980s.