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Paraglider Crashes In Iredell County Woods

Posted: 11:12 pm EDT July 3, 2008Updated: 11:40 pm EDT July 3, 2008

IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. -- A paraglider crashed in Iredell County off highway 21 near Turnersburg Thursday night.

The crash happened northeast of Statesville.

Chopper 9 Skyzoom was over the crash site a little after 8:00 p.m.

Firefighters found the man who was flying, but he was not badly hurt. In fact, he said he did not need to go to the hospital.

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