SAN JACINTO: Paraglider crashes; hospitalized with major injuries
SAN JACINTO: Paraglider crashes; hospitalized with major injuries
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A paraglider who crashed in the rocky hills of San Jacinto was hospitalized with major injuries, officials said.
The incident was reported at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, near 255 Soboba Road. When firefighters got to the scene they found the glider on the side of a hill 500 feet from the ground, said April Newman, spokeswoman for Cal Fire, in a news release.
The victim was conscious and alert but in extreme pain, Newman said.
Two helicopters worked together to get him to a hospital. A Cal Fire chopper got the man off the hill and brought him to the ground where an air ambulance took him to a hospital, Newman said.
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