Peak District: Paraglider crash lands at Derbyshire beauty spot

Image source, Edale Mountain Rescue Team

Image caption, The Edale Mountain Rescue Team was called to Stanage Edge after a paraglider took "a hard fall"
  • Author, Matthew Bunn
  • Role, 成人快手 News, East Midlands

A paraglider suffered leg injuries after crash landing in Derbyshire.

Police and the Edale Mountain Rescue Team were called to the incident at Stanage Edge, in the Peak District, at 16:30 GMT on Saturday.

An eyewitness at the scene told crews the pilot "took a hard landing" towards the Cowper Stone end of the beauty spot.

A spokesperson for the rescue team said the pilot suffered lower leg injuries.

The spokesperson added: "The first team members quickly located the casualty who wasn't too far from the road and provided pain relief before packaging them on a MR stretcher and bringing them down to a waiting East Midlands ambulance."

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