Hang Glider Crash Kills Elderly Michigan Man
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Posted: 12:20 PM Jan 5, 2009
Hang Glider Crash Kills Elderly Michigan Man
86 year old Battle Creek man dies in Georgia mishap.
Reporter: Associated Press
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Georgia authorities say an 86-year-old hang glider from Battle Creek, Mich., has died after hitting a tree as he tried to land.
Dade County sheriff's Sgt. Matt Cole says Jonas Blanton was attempting to land in a field about 4 p.m. Sunday when he hit the tree. Cole says the man was killed instantly.
Cole says the flight was part of Blanton's annual hang-gliding trip and that the man had completed a tandem flight earlier in the day.
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