“He was taken from us doing what he loved most in this world,” said the brother of victim Richard Westmoreland
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- Authorities responded to a Sept. 30 report of a crash involving a hang glider that launched off Lookout Mountain in Georgia
- The bodies of two people who were flying tandem on the glider were later recovered
- Ashton Westmoreland told ABC affiliate WTVC that one of the fatalities was his brother Richard
Two people were killed when their hang glider crashed just moments after they launched off a mountain in Georgia, authorities said.
The incident occurred on Tuesday, Sept. 30, the Dade County Emergency Management said in a news release. According to the agency, authorities received a report about two people flying tandem on the glider shortly after it departed from Lookout Mountain, located in northwest Georgia, when the crash occurred.
West Brow Fire and Rescue, Dade County Mtn Rescue, Dade County Fire Station 1, and the Dade County Sheriff’s Office were among the departments that responded to the incident…