Spinal column injured
Hang glider crashes into tree and crashes
A 40-year-old man's flight with a motorized hang glider ended with serious injuries on Sunday evening. In Langen near Bregenz, he collided with a tree and crashed into a meadow from a height of ten to 15 meters.
It is not known why the 40-year-old was unable to avoid the tree on his approach to land in the Hirschbergsau parcel (near the old soccer pitch). After colliding with the tree, he lost all control of his aircraft and fell to the ground. His partner, who had witnessed the accident, called the emergency services.
In an induced coma
The hard landing was not without consequences for the hang-glider pilot: He was taken to Feldkirch by rescue helicopter with a suspected serious spinal injury. There, the doctors discovered that the man had not only suffered severe injuries to his spinal cord, but had also broken nine ribs and his thigh. He was placed in an induced coma.
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