A paraglider was safely rescued after striking a power line and crashing into a river in North Dakota on Tuesday.

A paraglider escaped with no injuries after he struck a power line and fell into North Dakota's Red River.

A paraglider somehow completely escaped injury after striking power lines and falling into North Dakota's Red River in Grand Forks on July 8. The strike caused a white-hot glow and explosion on the power lines.

MILAN — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 39-kilometre leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, was killed in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy, according to an official where the crash occurred. He was 56.

A paraglider in North Dakota struck some power lines and crashed into the river below. Emergency crews responded and were able to pull the pilot from the water. Officials say the man didn’t see the power line because the sun obscured his vision.

A person was injured in a paraglider accident near Indianapolis Regional Airport Monday night. Local police and fire personnel responded to the airport, following a call that came in about 8:40 p.m. The paraglider went into a cornfield,

Video caught the moment a paraglider's parachute struck a power line, causing him to crash into a river. The man was unharmed in the incident.

A paraglider struck a power line and fell into the Red River in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Video captured the moment the paraglider's parachute hit the power lines, causing a spark, before crashing into the river.

The man was uninjured in the incident, which included a spark, a flame and a splash into the Red River after paragliding into a power line.

A first information report (FIR) has been lodged against the pilot following the death of a tourist from Gujarat during an illegal paragliding activity near Bangotu, ahead of the Indunag take-off site.