Woman in parachute terror

Monday 03 November 1997 00:02 GMT

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A woman was suspended from power cables for 90 minutes when she drifted off-course during a charity parachute jump at Netheravon, Wiltshire, yesterday.

Sarah Wicks, 24, from Watford, Hertfordshire, was eventually rescued by a farm tractor after the power was turned off and suffered only minor leg burns. She was not affected by the electricity because she was not earthed.

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