TWO-SEATER GLIDER CRASH IN FOX RIVER NEAR DAYTON DAM, OTTAWA; 1 RESCUED, 1 KILLED

MON JUN 23 2014 ~11:13 PM
WALLACE FPD
TECHNICAL RESCUE BOX ALARM/TRT/SWIFT WATER RESCUE
NEAR 1977 N 3103RD RD OTTAWA, IL

UPDATE: PASSENGER JEFFREY A. CARPENTER, AGE 50, KILLED WHEN A TWO-SEATER PARAGLIDER CRASHED ... THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO FREE HIMSELF FROM THE HARNESS.

MABAS DIVISION 25 BOX ALARM ON BOX #? FOR A GLIDER AIRCRAFT CRASH INTO THE FOX RIVER NEAR DAYTON DAM NEAR THE WEST RIVER BANK.

REPORT OF A PARACHUTIST THAT HAS GONE IN THE WATER.

FIRST RESPONDERS DISCOVERED A GLIDER CRASHED IN THE WATER WITH A YELLOW PARACHUTE DEPLOYED.

PILOT TRANSPORTED TO ST. ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER IN OTTAWA. SECOND VICTIM BELIEVED TO BE MISSING IN WATER.

SEARCH AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS TO RESUME TUESDAY MORNING.

OGLESBY, OTTAWA, MENDOTA MUTUAL AID.

SPECIAL: MABAS WATER TRAILER WITH WATER TEAM.

TRT/SWIFT WATER RESCUE BOX ALARM STRUCK OUT AT 6:38 AM TUESDAY JUNE 24, 2014 ON ORDERS OF 501.



1 hospitalized, 1 missing after glider goes down in #FoxRiver near Ottawa http://t.co/jc6sKy9yo1 @LaurenPettyNBC pic.twitter.com/YC0kkjI5T2
— NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) June 24, 2014

PHOTO CREDIT: TODD SHERMAN, NETWORK VIDEO PRODUCTIONS.

VIDEO CREDIT: TODD SHERMAN, NETWORK VIDEO PRODUCTIONS.

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