Hang-glider dies after crashing into house

By Sam Rigney
Updated September 1 2014 - 1:23am, first published August 31 2014 - 7:05pm
Emergency crews at the scene of a hang-gliding accident in Newcastle.  Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Emergency crews at the scene of a hang-gliding accident in Newcastle. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Other thrillseekers continue to hang-glide near the scene of a fatal crash in Newcastle on Sunday.  Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Other thrillseekers continue to hang-glide near the scene of a fatal crash in Newcastle on Sunday. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

Witnesses say a hang-glider who died when he crashed into the front of a house opposite a Newcastle beach on Sunday afternoon had been undertaking advanced aerobatics in the moments before the crash.

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