The video on this link may be disturbing to glider pilots. Cockpit area of glider in tree is shattered. You can read the article and not watch the video.

http://www.wlos.com/shared/news/feat...ll-15167.shtml

Pilot injured.

Excerpt from article:
Gary Banks, Yancey County Sheriff, "...I was told he was still attached to the plane that was pulling him."

Did the accident happen during aerotow? Was rotor a factor?