Idaho man dies on first solo hang-glider flight at Utah park
(Photo courtesy Sgt. Spencer Cannon/Utah County Sheriff's Office) Emergency vehicles and a medical helicopter sit at the Point of the Mountain flight park on June 11, 2019. A 59-year-old Rupert, Idaho, man died there when his hang glider crashed.
A hang glider died Tuesday after a crash at the Point of the Mountain flight park.
Ron Holder, 59, of Rupert, Idaho, was on his first solo flight when the crash occurred, said Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon. The crash happened shortly before 10:30 a.m. at the flight park north of Lehi.
Witnesses have reported that the wind perhaps dwindled. Holder made a turn, possibly to gain altitude, but instead dropped about 50 feet onto the hillside.
Witnesses attempted CPR, but Holder died at the scene, according to a news release written by Cannon.
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