N.Z. man dies after plane crash
NZPA-AAP Sydney A New Zealand man died in hospital yesterday from injuries suffered when his ultra-light aircraft crashed on a property near Bathurst in central western New South Wales, on Sunday. Gary Teague, aged 28, of Beach Haven, in Auckland, had broken both legs, his pelvis, and several ribs, damaged his spine, and suffered internal injuries. He died in Bathurst District Hospital on Sunday night, the police said yesterday. Mr Teague had been demonstrating the twostroke Pterodactyl aircraft, they said. Its left wing had appeared to lift slightly and the plane had then gone into a spiral dive, plunging 18 metres to the ground.
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