NH Man Injured In Paraglider Crash
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CANDIA, N.H. (CBS) -- A New Hampshire man ended up in the hospital after crashing his paraglider into a tree in his own backyard.
Police responded to the Deerfield Road home shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
"He was circling around his property and his grandkids were on the back porch watching," Candia police chief Michael McGillen told WBZ-TV.
The man told police his glider lost power, causing him to fall about 30 feet. He was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
"He's very fortunate to have it happen here and not be up higher, at a higher elevation," McGillen said. "The trees did help break his fall."
McGillen said they're investigating whether it was legal for the man to have the glider.
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