ONE PERSON INJURED IN GLIDER PLANE ACCIDENT

  

The pilot of a glider plane is in the hospital after he crashed in a field in Waller County Sunday afternoon.

Sixty-seven-year old Thomas Ray Hazel crashed near Laneview Road and FM 1488 just after 1:30 pm. according to a spokesman with the Department of Public Safety.

A Life Flight helicopter airlifted Hazel to Memorial Hermann Hospital downtown. So far there's no word on his condition.

DPS said Hazel was a member of the Soaring Club of Houston, a gliders club based in Waller County just a few miles from the crash scene.

The FAA is investigating.

 

 

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