A MOUNTAIN rescue team and the air ambulance service came to the rescue after a paraglider suffered a heavy landing at the weekend (July 31), causing him to break his leg.
The incident took place on Threlkeld Knotts at around 4pm.
After both the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team and Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) provided pain relief and treatment, the paraglider was then airlifted to the Cumberland Infirmary.
Once the casualty was airlifted, members of the mountain rescue team managed to catch a flight down the hill on the tandem paraglider.
A spokesperson from Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) said: “Yesterday our critical care team were activated at 4.11pm to reports of a fall at Threlkeld Knotts and arrived on scene at 4.25pm.
“Our paramedic and doctor team assessed and treated a patient and worked alongside Keswick Mountain Rescue Team before airlifting the patient to hospital,” they said.
A spokesperson from Keswick MRT said: “Both Keswick MRT and the Great North Air Ambulance deployed and Helimed 58 managed to land close to the casualty and provided treatment and pain relief.
"Keswick team arrived shortly after and provided stretcher support to the aircraft which then airlifted the casualty to Carlisle hospital."
"Once the helicopter had left a team member had the good fortune to get a ride down the hill on a tandem paraglider”
The rescue mission involved 11 team members, lasting around 2 hours 18 minutes.
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