Overview
- Emergency crews responded after a witness reported a single-seat paramotor, a paraglider wing powered by a small backpack engine, down around 9:40 a.m. Sunday.
- Responders found Gary Williams of Cranston about 15 to 20 feet from a large divot in the field with life-threatening injuries.
- He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- Police documented the wrecked aircraft leaking fuel with a propeller broken in several places.
- The Berkley Police Department and State Police detectives assigned to the Bristol County district attorney are investigating the crash.