New Zealand / Otago

Paraglider injured in Queenstown

16:38 pm on 8 January 2022

A paraglider has been taken to hospital after crashing near Queenstown.

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The police and St John Ambulance medics were called to Speargrass Flat, near Lake Hayes, just before 10.30am.

The pilot was found, and taken to Lakes District Hospital with moderate injuries.

A person was killed after a paragliding accident near Raglan on 20 December, and on 30 November a paraglider was critically injured near Wānaka.