Paramotor / parachute wreckage removed after fatal crash on West Coast
By Logan ChurchReporter, Christchurch, NZ Herald·NZ Herald·
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Save Harihari and the Wanganui river, on the South Island's West Coast. Photo / Google Earth
The wreckage of a powered parachute that crashed on the South Island's West Coast has been removed.
A man, who the Herald understands to be a Harihari local, died in a powered parachute crash early yesterday evening near the town.
A police spokesperson said the family had conducted an initial
search when the man did not return home from a flight.
After locating the crash site, they contacted emergency services at 7.40pm, and a rescue helicopter was dispatched about 9pm.