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Paraglider crashes on the Loser: seriously injured

A 42-year-old Viennese man crashed his paraglider on the Loser in Upper Styria on Tuesday and was seriously injured. The man was rescued by helicopter rope.

Just a few minutes after a Viennese man took off with his paraglider from the parking lot of the Loseralm (Liezen district) on Tuesday afternoon, he crashed into the rough terrain in the area of the Loserhörl climb (1590 meters above sea level). 

Witnesses noticed the accident from the valley and alerted the emergency services. The seriously injured 42-year-old was rescued from the air by the crew of the C14 rescue helicopter using a rope and flown to Salzburg Regional Hospital.