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Weston Air Festival crash landing parachutist hit spectator | Weston Air Festival crash landing parachutist hit spectator |
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An 82-year-old spectator has been flown to hospital after being injured when a parachutist at Weston Air Festival crashed into her during a display. | An 82-year-old spectator has been flown to hospital after being injured when a parachutist at Weston Air Festival crashed into her during a display. |
The parachutist - part of the RAF Falcons team - received minor injuries when he missed the drop zone. | The parachutist - part of the RAF Falcons team - received minor injuries when he missed the drop zone. |
The woman was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol with a suspected fractured pelvis, a spokesman for South Western Ambulance Trust said. | The woman was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol with a suspected fractured pelvis, a spokesman for South Western Ambulance Trust said. |
Event manager Darren Fairchild said the show continued after the incident. | |
The RAF Falcons Display Flight, as the team is also known, is based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. | |
Mr Fairchild said the military and health and safety executive have been notified. | Mr Fairchild said the military and health and safety executive have been notified. |
Amateur photographer Nicholas Hayman from Weston was enjoying the event when the accident happened shortly after 13:20 BST. | Amateur photographer Nicholas Hayman from Weston was enjoying the event when the accident happened shortly after 13:20 BST. |
"I was snapping away and as the last chap on the stack came down he hit the burger van," he told BBC News. | "I was snapping away and as the last chap on the stack came down he hit the burger van," he told BBC News. |
"There was a massive thump and everyone went silent." | "There was a massive thump and everyone went silent." |
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said an air ambulance attended the scene and was assisted by police cadets who cleared a space for it to land. | A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said an air ambulance attended the scene and was assisted by police cadets who cleared a space for it to land. |
Both people were taken to hospital. | Both people were taken to hospital. |
Neither have life-threatening injuries and the parachutist has since left hospital. | Neither have life-threatening injuries and the parachutist has since left hospital. |
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