A 37-year-old man was killed and another man was injured while trying to retrieve a quadcopter drone near power lines in Forest Park, Georgia Saturday evening. According to Forest Park Police, the drone accident that took place in the 800 block of Needle Drive, was reported at 6:23 p.m. on Saturday evening. The victim, Ruff Fitzgerald Teasley was trying to knock the drone down but he inadvertently touched the power lines with the pole he was using, electrocuting him. The man was taken to the hospital by Forest Park Rescue. Unfortunately, efforts to revive the victim were unsuccessful.
Drone pilot fined $160 for flying UAV that hit baby in the face
On July 24 Cassandra Roberts took her one-year-old son Atticus to Crow Creek Park in Bettendorf, Iowa where her little one was hit in the face by a drone. A 19-year-old man from Davenport has since been identified as the drone pilot and was fined $160 for flying the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that his the baby’s face.
