Man dies in hang gliding crash at Dunnellon Airport

DUNNELLON, Fla. — A 40-year-old man is dead following a hang glider crash at a small north Florida airport.

The crash happened Tuesday evening at Dunnellon Airport.

Tomas Banevicius of New York was killed during his third flight of the day, authorities said.

Banevicus was about 35 feet in the air when the craft fell to the ground, nose first.

Marion County Fire Rescue officials declared Banevicius dead at the scene shortly after 6 p.m.

Authorities said he was part of a New York group called U.S. Hang Gliding Inc.

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