Over the years we\u2019ve heard of several accidents where a jogger listening to a Walkman has been struck and killed by a train. But Monday there was a new, and tragic, twist on that scenario.<\/p>\r\n
In a freak accident, Robert Jones of Woodstock, Ga., was jogging on the beach in Hilton Head Island, S.C. \u2013 and listening to an iPod \u2013 when he was struck from behind and killed by a plane making an emergency landing. http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5iirpHqO8nA4ZBeupaFWr_K6H7PmgD9EFTIL02<\/a><\/p>\r\n Because of the iPod, Jones didn\u2019t hear the plane approaching the beach to land. Jones was killed instantly. Jones was a 38-year-old father of two who was on a business trip to Hilton Head.<\/p>\r\n The plane, an Experimental Lancair IV-P, had begun to leak oil and was trying to make it to Hilton Head Airport. But the oil on the plane\u2019s windshield blocked the sight of pilot Edward Smith of Chesapeake, Va. The plane had also lost a propeller on take off from Orlando, Fla.<\/p>\r\n Smith then tried to land on the beach near the Hilton Head Marriott Resort, and struck Jones.<\/p>\r\n Jones was a salesman for GlaxoSmithKline. He was set to return to his home and family in Florida Wednesday, with plans to celebrate his daughter\u2019s third birthday.<\/p>\r\n The aircraft had been headed to Virginia.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the years we\u2019ve heard of several accidents where a jogger listening to a Walkman has been struck and killed by a train. But Monday there was a new, and tragic, twist on that scenario. In a freak accident, Robert Jones of Woodstock, Ga., was jogging on the beach in Hilton Head Island, S.C. \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[377,380,381,6,3],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brain-injury","tag-ipod-and-plane-crash","tag-ipod-distraction-causes-fatality","tag-wisconsin-law","tag-wisconsin-lawyer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t