Taiwan News
Date: 2018/09/02
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—A 58-year-old man surnamed Wu died on Sunday after he
(By Central News Agency)
crashed his powered paraglider into a river in Yilan County, media reports said.
Powered paragliding is a form of ultralight aviation involving a backpack engine and parachute.
Yilan County Fire Bureau received a report at 9:52 a.m. on Sunday that two people fell into the Luodong River near the Waizaiwai Bridge in Sanshing Township when they were powered-paragliding, according to the reports.
Reports said rescuers found Wu 500 meters downstream of the bridge at 10:36 a.m. and pulled him up immediately, but his heartbeat and breathing had stopped. He was rushed to Poh-Ai Hospital in Lotung. [FULL STORY]
