Baden-Württemberg: paraglider pilot seriously injured after the crash

Tuttlingen (dpa / lsw) - A man crashed during a flight with a motorized paraglider near Tuttlingen and was seriously injured. According to witnesses, the engine of the aircraft went out on Monday evening shortly after take-off and the 40-year-old man fell on a meadow, as the police announced on Tuesday night. The pilot was taken to a hospital in a rescue helicopter. How the accident happened and whether the man was allowed to start his flight on the meadow is now being determined. Witnesses are asked to contact the police.