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Trembley was doing touch-and-goes in his private Cessna at the South Lakeland Airport in Florida when the plane got tangled in the strings of a skydiver's parachute.
MULBERRY, Fla. — A plane became entangled in the strings of a skydiver's parachute, sending both crashing into the ground near Tampa, Fla. Saturday.
Both the pilot and jumper were hospitalized with minor injuries.
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The plane crashed to the ground.
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Polk County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Carrie Eleazer says 87-year-old pilot Sharon Trembley was doing takeoff and landing maneuvers Saturday in his Cessna at the South Lakeland Airport in Mulberry.
Tim Telford/Courtesy Polk County Sheriff's Office
Sharon Trembley, a WWII vet, was doing touch-and-goes in his private Cessna at the South Lakeland Airport in Florida when the plane got tangled in the strings of a skydiver's parachute 75 feet above the ground.
On his third landing pass, the wing of his plane became entangled in the strings of 49-year-old Gainesville skydiver John Frost's parachute about 75 feet above the ground.
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The crash is now under investigation.
Frost was flung to the ground, and Trembley's plane nose-dived to the surface as well.
Eleazer says neither sustained serious injury, but went to the hospital.
Frost was treated and released. Trembley was held for observations.
The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA are investigating.
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