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Parachute Accident

07/27/2024

At approximately 2:10 PM on July 27, 2024, Cass County Sheriff Robert Sorenson advised that deputies responded to the area of the Lincoln Sport Parachute Club located off Weeping Water Road, Weeping Water, NE, following a report of a parachuting accident received by the Cass County 911 Communications Center.
 
Upon arrival at the scene, the male party, identified as 41-year-old Jonathan Lowe from Kansas City, Missouri, was already being transported to Bergan Mercy Hospital by the Weeping Water Rescue squad with head trauma. Members of Cass County EMS, Avoca Fire, and Weeping Water Rescue were present at the scene.
 
It was reported that Lowe's parachute buckled approximately 20 feet in the air, causing him to descend rapidly before impacting a car and then the ground. Despite the incident, Lowe is expected to make a full recovery.
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