A paraglider died Saturday after he crashed at Cape Lookout State Park in Tillamook County.

Clifton W. Westin, 53, of Corvallis, apparently launched in a paraglider from a cliff overlooking the beach but failed to take flight, Oregon State Police say. He landed on an outgrowth of rocks, and waves quickly took him out to sea.

Using a helicopter and a motor boat, the U.S. Coast Guard recovered Westin and attempted lifesaving measures, but the paraglider could not be revived.



-- Douglas Perry