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Christopher Bowmer and Johnathan Walker were traveling with a group of motorcyclists on Bonnie Mill Road. Bowmer was traveling south when he tried to make a U-turn with his motorcycle in front of Walker. Walker couldn't avoid hitting Bowmer's bike, and both vehicles were destroyed, ejecting both men. Bowmer landed about 80 feet away, and Walker was propelled about 110 feet, through through a barbed wire fence and into a field. Both were wearing helmets. Deputies say excessive speed was to blame, although the incident is still under investigation.

John Frost, 49, Shannon Trembley, 87, slightly injured, taken to hospital, after Frost's parachute becomes entangled in Trembley's aircraft close to the ground, causing the single engine aircraft to crash.

Date:

Friday, March 7, 2014

Area:

Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL

A plane became entangled in the strings of a skydiver's parachute, sending both crashing into the ground near Tampa, Fla., with both the pilot and jumper hospitalized with minor injuries.

A Polk County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman says 87-year-old pilot Shannon Trembley was doing takeoff and landing maneuvers Saturday in his Cessna at the South Lakeland Airport in Mulberry. On his third landing pass, the wing of his plane became entangled in the strings of 49-year-old Gainesville skydiver John Frost's parachute about 75 feet above the ground.