MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — A woman has died from injuries after she walked into a spinning airplane
propeller at a southwest Ohio skydiving business.
Twenty-four-year-old Sarah Rhoads died early Tuesday in a Dayton hospital she had been flown to after
Sunday’s accident in Middletown. Authorities said she suffered severe head injuries.
She had been office manager for three years at Start Skydiving. It operates near Middletown Regional
Airport.
Owner John Hart says it’s the first time the business has had such an accident. He says it can be
difficult to see fast-spinning propeller blades.
The Federal Aviation Administration says it will investigate the accident.