Fatal jump in yosemite. Potter was 43 years old. Another extreme sport ended in tragedy this morning. At dalys mussel rock park a man crashed into the cliffside while paragliding. Lillian kim has details. Reporter paragliders come to mussel rock part in daly city for a reason. The smooth air is ideal for their sport. Those conditions, along with the safety precautions most people take make fatal accidents here rare. Youve got to make sure that the wind is coming from the right direction. Preferably west for this area here. You never turn into the hill. You always turn away from it. Reporter but this morning something went terribly wrong. Rescue crews say a paraglider crashed into the cliffs. They got the call at 9 30 a. M. And said he was dead by the time they arrived. The victim in his 50s appeared to have been flying alone. A nun ofmber of people fly here all the time. We had a friend who hit a cliff. But he was fine. Just broken arm. Reporter mussel rock beach attracts paragliders f
Daly city range from locallers to out of towners beginners to experienced. Every one of them was surprised to hear about the fatal accident. We know a number of people that fly here all the time and the most you hear about is somebody had a wing collapse. We had a friend who hit a cliff but he just broke an arm. Rescuer goes the call at 9 00 a. M. And said he was dead by the time they arrived. The area is typically very smooth. Usually we dont fly here early in the morning. So im not too sure why he was up early but really probably doesnt mean anything. If the conditions were good. Reporter the beach attracts paragliders from all over the bay ask and beyond. Those who love the sport say it has its risks. Todays accident it a sober reminder of its inherent danger. We do our best to mitigate the risks. The payoff of flying is so amazing that its worth some risk. Reporter for one man it was a risk that ultimately cost him his life in daly city, abc7 news. Developing news in eastern alamed
Tracking one lone thundershower moving into clear lake and lower lake at this hour along highway 175, and it has lightning strikes strikes and potential for small hail. Tomorrow we turn unsettled. Well hey the forecast in a few. A dog badly beaten in San Francisco had to be put down today. He was found severely injured chained to a fence on thursday. Animal control officers are offering a 10,000 reward to find the person responsible. We learned today, maximilian had been stolen but his real owner was found, and was able to be with him in the end. A morning paraflieding ride turn track judge when a man crashed into the cliffs. Rescue crews were unable to revive him. It happened in mussel rock park and lilian kim is live with the start. Reporter their coroner has yesterday to release indian russ name but a he was flying her this morning and by all conditions conditions were good. Paragliders come here for a reason the smooth air is ideal. The conditions along with the safety precautions
Just moved through allentown. This is actually severe. The National Weather service has a Severe Thunderstorm Warning out for this storm until 6 15 as it moves slowly to the southeast about 20 miles an hour. That is the core of the storm. It is west of allentown. A likely seeing hail with this storm and wind gusts damaging wind gusts close to 50 miles an hour as it moves southeast about 20 miles an hour. So timing of this as these storms push south allentown about 6 07. And then moving through Lehigh County into upper Montgomery County by about 6 30 or so. The warning only in effect until 6 15 definitely a strong storm here very small as it moves to the southeast. Now this is a line developing here. Concern with this because of the shape of this. Means the bow out could get organize. We could see significant wind damage as this pushes through these western suburbs. There is some lightning these are thunderstorms moving through Lancaster County and well continue to move into western che
Street surf shop catching fire just before 8 00 oclock tonight. Viewer video showing us a firefighter pulling a rack of wet suits out of that burning store. It appears that fire is now out and police say no one is hurt. Theres no word right now on what starter the fire but we will of course keep you updated. Also developing tonight a pickup truck smashes into Montgomery County high school killing the driver. As you can see here that truck went completely inside the building. And the truck came dangerously close to people who were inside the school. Fox 29s brad sattin has been on the scene all evening. Brad, what have you learned tonight about the driver . Reporter dawn, we are starting to get some information about that driver. We know hes a 32yearold male living out of state but in recent times had been living not far from here. We also know that the cleanup here has been going on now for hours. You see the big hole there. That is where this pickup truck went through around 1 30 this