Tourist killed during parasailing in Mandarmani beach

It was a freak accident that took the life of a 35-year-old tourist who had come to Mandarmani beach in West Bengal to enjoy parasailing. His parachute blew off and hit a lamp post and uprooted it. As a result, the man fell on the ground and badly injured, he was declared dead on being brought to the Contai Hospital in east Midnapore. It was quite windy day and raining heavily. In spite of that, he chose to ride and paid the price.
This has been reported in dnaindia.com dated 22 June 2015.

Police have been investigation on whether the company, who ran the parasailing service, had necessary permission from the administration. In view of this accident, all such adventure sports in the district have been stopped "for the time being".
The police have yet to receive any complaint from the family of the deceased. Once they receive it, they would treat it as an FIR.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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