Savoie – Woman dies in paragliding accident

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A 54-year-old woman has died and a 32-year-old man was seriously injured on Saturday afternoon in their tandem paraglider crash in La Plagne-Tarentaise, Savoie.

Savoie is a region popular with paragliders. Here, the Mont-Blanc (Photo of illustration).

AFP

The facts took place shortly after 1:30 p.m. when the crew fell “about ten meters” to the ground in circumstances that remained undetermined, firefighters said on Saturday.

The victim, a fifty-something, died on the spot. The seriously injured, who piloted the paraglider, was transported to the Grenoble hospital center, according to the same source.

(AFP)

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