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| Man killed as paragliders collide | |
| (about 12 hours later) | |
| A paraglider pilot has died and another has been seriously injured in a mid-air collision over Shropshire. | A paraglider pilot has died and another has been seriously injured in a mid-air collision over Shropshire. |
| The accident happened at 1415 BST on Saturday at Long Mynd. | |
| The dead man was flown by air ambulance to Selly Oak Hospital, in Birmingham. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. | The dead man was flown by air ambulance to Selly Oak Hospital, in Birmingham. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. |
| The injured pilot, who was believed to be in his 40s or 50s, suffered leg fractures and internal injuries. He was also flown to the same hospital. | The injured pilot, who was believed to be in his 40s or 50s, suffered leg fractures and internal injuries. He was also flown to the same hospital. |
| 'Not moving' | |
| On Friday, another paraglider crashed at Long Mynd and the pilot was airlifted to hospital in Shrewsbury with suspected arm injuries. | On Friday, another paraglider crashed at Long Mynd and the pilot was airlifted to hospital in Shrewsbury with suspected arm injuries. |
| Jan Outwaite, who had just left the gliding club on Saturday, said she saw one of the paragliders who had crashed near a road. | |
| "I was leaving the gliding club about 1430 and I hadn't realised anything had happened," she said. | |
| "I turned left out of the gliding club to go down the hill there and there was a paraglider who had crashed on the side of the hill. | |
| "He was only a few feet away from the road. | |
| "He wasn't moving and I'm not sure which one it was but the emergency services had not arrived yet and there were a lot of people around him." |