Kennebec County, Maine — January 1, 2012
Police say a man suffered lacerations Sunday when his powered parachute became tangled in a tree in the Litchfield area.
According to the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, 66-year-old Litchfield resident John Beganny was flying the fan-powered parachute above the city around 1:40 p.m. Investigators say his flight path dipped over Libby Road, between Huntington Hill Road and Hallowell Road.
He struck an oak tree and fell, but caught himself on a branch more than 70 feet off the ground. Firefighters from Gardiner used a ladder truck to retrieve Mr. Beganny and paramedics took him to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The International Air Transport Association announced in February that worldwide deaths on commercial aircraft rose 15 percent in 2010
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