Paraglider Rescued After Crashing Into Peak In Yolo County

CACHE CREEK (CBS13) — Authorities accidental a paraglider suffered large injuries aft colliding with a highest successful Yolo County connected Wednesday.

California Highway Patrol says, astir 4:30 p.m., aerial and different units responded to a study of 2 parachuters down astatine a highest adjacent Cache Creek Canyon Regional Park.

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The brace was soon recovered connected Glascock Peak. First responders learned 1 of the paragliders had struck the peak. The different paraglider saw the crash, landed adjacent the person, and past started archetypal aid.

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CHP Golden Gate Division Air Operations portion H-32 lowered a unit subordinate down and hoisted the injured paraglider backmost up. The injured idiosyncratic was past flown to a waiting ambulance and rushed to the Kaiser Hospital successful Vacaville.

Medics accidental the paraglider suffered large injuries. No different details astir their injuries person been released.

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The 2nd paraglider was besides rescued conscionable earlier dark.

CBS13 Staff