Man killed after paraglider crashes into mountain
A 38-year-old man who was killed when the paraglider he was flying crashed into the side of a mountain near San Jacinto was identified Wednesday as David Pearson of Los Angeles.
Pearson sustained fatal injuries during the crash Tuesday and was pronounced dead at the scene, the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s office said in a statement.
Witnesses reported the crash in the 200 block of Soboba Road about 10 a.m., authorities said. The sheriff’s aviation unit, firefighters and paramedics found Pearson’s body about 600 feet up the side of the mountain.
Coroner’s officials had to be hoisted from a helicopter to the scene. After the preliminary investigation was complete, Pearson’s body was flown to the base of the mountain. The exact cause of death has not been determined pending an autopsy.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call the San Jacinto Police Department at (951) 654-2702.
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