Marion County Glider Crash Injures Pilot

WCBE Files

The pilot of a glider than crashed in Marion County on Saturday remains hospitalized in serious condition. The Ohio Highway Patrol says 77-year-old Martin Sobel was piloting a glider being towed by another aircraft. The glider failed to maintain stability and disconnected from the other craft and crashed. An investigation continues.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.