Navy officer dies in paraglider crash

A Navy officer died in an accident involving a paraglider he was flying while his instructor escaped at Karwar, 500 km from here, on Friday, police said.

navy officer and his instructor were flying off Rabindranath Tagore beach when paraglider developed a snag and fell into sea, official sources said.

deceased was Mhusudhan Reddy (56) hailing from Andhra Presh. He was posted at naval base in Karwar.

He was on beach with family and friends.

instructor escaped as he was rescued by fishermen and lifeguards after two fell into sea.

Reddy got entangled in paraglider ropes and got dragged into deep, officials said.

lifeguards and fishermen mand to pull him out of waters and shifted him to hospital where he was declared brought de, y said.

A case has been registered and investigation has begun, y ded.

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