A PARAGLIDER has been airlifted to hospital after crashing in west Dorset.
Emergency services were called to Eype this afternoon and a man was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol by the Devon Air Ambulance.
A spokesperson for the South West Ambulance Service, said: “We were called to the scene at 2.34pm to reports a paraglider had crashed.
“There was one male casualty who had rib, hip and shoulder injuries. He was taken to Southmead Hospital by air ambulance for treatment.”
An eye-witness saw the paraglider flying over the area shortly before the incident.
Neil Barnes, said: “I was just in West Bay and I saw him flying above.
“He was on top of the cliffs over the eastern path. I didn’t think it was particularly windy in all honesty.
“I see them up there quite often, but he looked fairly comfortable.”
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