Leisure accident in the mountains: Woman crashes her paraglider from a height of 15 metres
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A 47-year-old woman suffered serious injuries after falling 15 metres while paragliding near Oberstdorf in Bavaria.
- She made an emergency call herself before mountain rescuers reached her and a rescue helicopter took her to hospital.
- Police said the cause of the accident remains unclear, and the paraglider had not yet been recovered.
A 47-year-old woman suffered serious injuries after crashing her paraglider from a height of 15 metres in steep terrain at the Schattenberg mountain near Oberstdorf in the Oberallgäu region.
Police said the woman made the emergency call herself. Mountain rescuers reached her, and a rescue helicopter took her to hospital on Sunday.
The cause of the accident remained unclear. The paraglider had not yet been recovered, according to the report.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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