Experienced hang-glider was in trouble before crash: eyewitness reports

By Sam Rigney
Updated September 1 2014 - 11:08am, first published 9:25am
"It's a real tragedy": Experienced hang glider Adam Parer died on Sunday afternoon. Photo: Peter Stoop
"It's a real tragedy": Experienced hang glider Adam Parer died on Sunday afternoon. Photo: Peter Stoop
Adam Parer smashed through a glass fence and into a house. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Adam Parer smashed through a glass fence and into a house. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Parer was regarded as one of the best hang gliders in Newcastle. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Parer was regarded as one of the best hang gliders in Newcastle. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

A hang-glider died in a crash in Newcastle on Sunday afternoon after losing control and clipping a power line, police say.

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