Man dies paragliding after hitting ice

NEW HAMPTON, N.Y.

It happened in New Hampton Wednesday afternoon.

Police say 47-year-old Rupert Cebular was flying a powered paraglider over the Wallkill River.

He was practicing a touch and go maneuver on the frozen river when he broke through the ice and lost control

Witnesses and a second paraglider pulled Cebular from the river.

He was already dead.

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