Bowling Green man injured in ultralight aircraft accident

TONTOGANY, Ohio — A Bowling Green pilot was injured Sunday evening near Tontogany, in Wood County’s Washington Township, when his ultralight aircraft was unable to gain enough lift and struck railroad tracks, the Bowling Green post of the Ohio Highway Patrol said.

Troopers said they learned of the crash when officials at Wood County Hospital reported at 7:10 p.m. that Ricky L. Grimm, 57, was in the emergency room with “incapacitating,” but nonlife-threatening injuries he had sustained earlier in the evening.

Investigators said Mr. Grimm, was trying to take off from a private runway east of Reams Road and north of Long Judson Road southwest of the village.

The aircraft flipped over on the tracks after it struck the tracks.

A family member took Mr. Grimm to the hospital, where his condition was not available. Troopers said he was wearing a helmet and a six point safety harness at the time. No damage was reported to the tracks and no trains were stopped because of the crash.

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