Bad Reichenhall (dpa / lby) - A paraglider pilot fell on a construction site at the Hochstaufen barracks in Bad Reichenhall. The 24-year-old suffered serious leg injuries in the accident early Tuesday morning, said the Berchtesgadener Land district of the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK).
According to the information, the pilot took off from a mountain in calm wind conditions and wanted to land on a meadow. But then he got into heavy gusts of wind, crashed into a wall of a shell and fell to the ground. He also knocked over an electrical box and then lay on the ground with serious injuries. The 24-year-old made an emergency call himself, it said. Rescue workers treated him. He was taken to a hospital by rescue helicopter.
