Motorized parachute crashes
HART, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 63-year-old man died from injuries he suffered when his powered parachute crashed into a field in western Michigan.
Oceana County Sheriff’s deputies say Terrence Dykstra of Roxbury died Saturday at a local hospital. The aircraft he was flying in features a parachute that’s attached to an engine assembly that includes landing wheels.
MLive.com reports that police say witnesses reported that the aircraft plunged into a field after Dykstra’s parachute apparently collapsed as he was flying low.