The jokes about the elderly drivers in 'the sunshine state' have been elevated to new heights with this story! Sharon Trembley, an 87 year pilot was performing touch and go landing maneuvers at the South Lakeland Airport when his single engine Cessna struck a skydiver - the 'man strike' sent both skydiver and plane crashing into the ground.

According to FOX 13 Tampa Bay, "I have never seen anything like this and this is the last thing I thought I'd see today," said Tim Telford, who took pictures of the midair collision as it happened.

The skydiver, 49-year-old John Frost of Gainesville, was flung to the earth. The plane nose-dived into the ground.

FOX 13 News

"I thought they were both seriously hurt. We rushed over there," said Paul Fuller, one of Trembly's friends who was also watching from the ground. "He's a pretty good pilot. He's been flying all of his life, probably 60 some-odd years."

Both men were taken to the hospital. Neither was seriously injured.