Man in Wingsuit Survives High-Speed Tree Collision After Daring Mountain Leap

ByJ.J. GALLAGHER ABCNews logo
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

A California wingsuit pilot shared a video of his near-fatal crash after leaping from a 12,000-foot mountain near Chamonix, France.

The video shows Eric Dossantos, of San Diego, soaring over rocky mountain slopes and outcroppings before reaching a pine forest, at which point the pilot starts to weave through gaps in the trees in a nail-biting sequence that ends with a dramatic thud.

"I should have died on a wingsuit crash in France but I didn't so working on my healing from that," Dossantos wrote in a Facebook post uploaded on October 4. "I appreciate your concerns and positive energy directed my way."

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