Jumper dies at W.Va. Bridge Day (AP)

by Populux | October 21, 2006 at 03:51 pm
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1 hour, 2 minutes ago FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. - Thousands of people watched a parachutist jump to his death from a bridge during a popular festival Saturday when his chute opened too late, a sheriff said. Brian Lee Schubert, 66, died of injuries suffered when he hit the New River, 876 feet below the New River Gorge Bridge, officials said. After the man's body was recovered and taken to a local funeral home, jumping at the festival resumed, said Fayette County Sheriff Bill Laird. Schubert, from Alta ...
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