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Vermont hang glider pilot hits tree and dies in Polk

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Published: November 16, 2009

Updated: 11/16/2009 11:01 am

A 59-year-old man from Vermont with several years of hang gliding experience died after hitting a tree while trying to land a hang glider Sunday afternoon in Polk County.

Witnesses told the Polk County Sheriff's Office that Anthony Ameo was trying to land the hang glider at Wallaby Ranch in Davenport about 2:15 p.m., when he hit a tree and fell to the ground, the sheriff's office said.

Ameo, from Sheffield, Vt., was flown to Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He died from his injuries during surgery about 5 p.m.

Ameo was at Wallaby Ranch, a commercial hang gliding park, when the crash occurred. He came to Florida with a friend Oct. 30 for a vacation that included hang gliding, the sheriff's office said.

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