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Pocatello resident Westley Portwood, 40, has died after succumbing to injuries sustained in a paragliding crash Tuesday afternoon in Lemhi County, about 150 miles north of Pocatello. Portwood was operating a machine similar to the image depicted.

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GILMORE — A Pocatello man has died after succumbing to injuries sustained in a paragliding crash Tuesday afternoon in Lemhi County.

Westley Portwood, 40, was operating a motorized paraglider east of Gilmore at the time of the crash, according to a news release from the Lemhi County Sheriff’s Office. In addition to Lemhi deputies, Leadore emergency medical technicians and Salmon Search and Rescue crews responded around 3:50 p.m. Gilmore is about 150 miles north of Pocatello.

Lifesaving measures were unsuccessful and Portwood was pronounced dead.

The cause of the crash has not yet been released.

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