October 19, 2009, 3:14 pm
An ultralight-plane crash sent a man to the hospital with broken
bones after he spent the night in Zion National Park Saturday night.
The
ultralight craft he was flying with his son crashed around 6:15 p.m.,
said park ranger Therese Picard. Neither their names nor hometowns were
released.
The
father, who is in his 60s, broke his ankle and arm in the crash, and
the son sustained minor injuries, said Ron Terry, Zion National Park
public information officer.
Because
of waning daylight and the area's remoteness — the vicinity of the
North Fork trail head near Kolob Terrace Road — the father and son
couldn't be extracted Saturday.
