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ParaGlider Crashes into High Voltage Wire

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ParaGlider Crashes into High Voltage Wire

Story Created: Sep 22, 2008 at 7:08 AM CST

Story Updated: Sep 22, 2008 at 9:01 AM CST

GRANT COUNTY, WI - A Powered ParaGlider piloted by Michael Bailey of Potosi, Wisconsin hit a high voltage wire over the Plate River near Banfield, Paris Township around 7:00 p.m. Saturday.

The Grant County Sheriff's Department says the crash caused Bailey and his passenger, Karen Reynolds of Potosi, Wisconsin, to fall a short distance into the river. Neither was hurt.

The high voltage wire snapped, causing a power outage for a short time in the area near the crash.

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