Paraglider lands on highway, dies in Chelan

Published 1:30 am Monday, July 23, 2018

Associated Press

CHELAN — Authorities say a 40-year-old Idaho man died paragliding in Eastern Washington on Sunday evening.

Washington State Patrol reports that Ryan McRoberts, of Garden Valley, Idaho, died Sunday after taking a paragliding jump off Deer Mountain near Chelan.

He then landed uncontrollably on Highway 97 about 8:40 p.m.

It’s unknown how or why he lost control of the paraglider.

He died at the scene.