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21-year-old Illinois paraglider dies in crash near Plainfield
Giovanni Lopez, a 21-year-old paraglider from Illinois, died after crashing into a field in Plainfield, about 35 miles southwest of Chicago. The accident is under investigation, and his cause and manner of death are pending an autopsy.
Police responded at about 2.57pm on Saturday, and the county coroner pronounced Lopez dead at the scene around 3.40pm. His friend Curtis Haley described him as kind and helpful, and said his death had deeply affected the close-knit paragliding community. Lopez had been flying since May 2025; investigators have not established what caused the crash.
In short
- Giovanni Lopez died in a paragliding crash in Plainfield.
- The cause of the accident is under investigation.
- Friends remember him as kind and helpful.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Thrill seeker, 21, dies in freak paragliding accident near Chicago”.