article_snippet: During the activity, the hang gliding company, which has not been named, tethers gliders to the rear of a pickup truck to propel them into the air .
article_snippet: During the activity, the hang gliding company tethers gliders to the rear of a truck to propel them into the air.
article_snippet: Police said their glider was in the air when the truck driver pulling them turned around abruptly.
article_snippet: the truck driver pulling them is believed to have thought the tether had been released which is ordinarily done by the person inside of their glider, before both the child and the man tragically plummeted to the ground.
article_snippet: Police said their glider was supposed to release the tether from the truck itself.
article_snippet: their glider was supposed to release the tether from the truck itself.
article_snippet: Peter BoffelliSo what occurred is when the truck itself turned around thinking the tether was released, their glider plummeted straight to the ground.'
highlights_snippet: Hang glider towed by pickup truck did not release the tether, police said .
  