Paraglider seriously injured in sumner incident

Chris Lynch
Chris Lynch
Nov 26, 2024 |
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A paraglider has been seriously injured in an incident in Sumner.

Emergency services were alerted just before 9pm to reports of a person falling from height while paragliding near Summit Road, a police spokesperson told chrislynchmedia.com.

A St John spokesperson said an ambulance, a rapid response unit, an operations manager, and a helicopter were dispatched to the scene.

The injured person was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital in serious condition.

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