South Korean dies in glider crash

PUNE: A 45-year-old South Korean national was killed when his glider crashed during an event near Panchgani in Satara, over 100 kms from Pune, police said on Wednesday. The deceased, Sang Teak Oh, was a professional paraglider, a police officer said. On Tuesday evening, Sang Oh took off from Rajpuri near Panchgani, the famous hill station in the Sahyadri mountain ranges in western Maharashtra, but strayed the course and descended into forest areas, he said. “As per the information, the glider after taking off from Rajpuri, strayed away and slid down into the forest areas,” the Satara police officer said. a rescue team present at the event rushed to the spot where Sang Oh’s glider collapsed. “They found Sang Oh with serious injuries and rushed him to a hospital in Wai, where he succumbed,” he said. The paragliding was organised by a Mumbai-based firm. “We have registered a case against the event firm and arrested its event manager Vistas Kharas under IPC section 304 (A) (Causing death by negligence),” he said. Sang Oh’s body was handed over to the Korean embassy after postmortem. Satara SP Pankaj Deshmukh said Sang Oh’s last rites will be performed in Wai as his family has consented. Sang Oh came to India on a tourist visa. He came to Wai on February 10