An injured paraglider is airlifted to hospital after crashing on a hill above Christchurch. One person has been seriously injured in a paragliding crash near Christchurch's popular Te Onepoto/Taylors Mistake Beach. The paraglider crashed about 50 metres up a hill near Taylors Mistake Rd about 1.35pm on Monday, a police spokeswoman said. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/STUFF Emergency services attend to a person following a paragliding crash near Te Onepoto/Taylors Mistake Beach on Monday afternoon. The person was taken to Christchurch hospital by helicopter, St John spokesman Gerard Campbell said.

Source: Stuff May 17, 2021 01:56 UTC