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Marion County Glider Crash Injures Pilot

WCBE Files

The pilot of a glider than crashed in Marion County on Saturday remains hospitalized in serious condition. The Ohio Highway Patrol says 77-year-old Martin Sobel was piloting a glider being towed by another aircraft. The glider failed to maintain stability and disconnected from the other craft and crashed. An investigation continues.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.