{"id":58120,"date":"2025-08-11T01:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T01:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/58120\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T01:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T01:19:13","slug":"woman-rushed-to-hospital-after-paraglider-crash-where-her-parachute-collapsed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/58120\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman rushed to hospital after paraglider crash &#8216;where her parachute collapsed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-3481\/katherine-lawton.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KATHERINE LAWTON, NEWS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  13:13 EDT, 10 August 2025   |  Updated:  13:13 EDT, 10 August 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A female paraglider has been rushed to hospital after crashing onto a cliff when her &#8216;parachute collapsed&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Emergency services rushed to the scene at\u00a0Beer Head Coast Path in Devon on Friday afternoon following reports that a woman had crashed while landing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The paraglider fell at least 10ft after her chute collapsed, the\u00a0Beer Coastguard Rescue Team said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The woman is understood to have landed on her back and was left in &#8216;a lot of pain&#8217;, the team added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She was transferred to an ambulance and quickly rushed to hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sharing details of the incident, Beer Coastguard Rescue Team said it was &#8216;tasked to a female paraglider who had crash landed, falling the last 10 feet after her chute collapsed&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They added: &#8216;She had landed on her back and was in a lot of pain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Initial casualty care [was] provided by us until the paramedics arrived on scene. Lyme Regis Coastguard also tasked along with HART [Hazardous Area Response Team].<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-46efcbbd55132b74\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101086203-14987661-image-a-13_1754845704673.jpg\" height=\"405\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ambulances, police and other emergency crews rushed to the scenic Beer Head Coast Path in Devon on Friday afternoon\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ambulances, police and other emergency crews rushed to the scenic Beer Head Coast Path in Devon on Friday afternoon<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d25037c327bd82a3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101086205-14987661-A_female_paraglider_has_been_left_seriously_injured_after_crashi-m-27_17548460065.jpeg\" height=\"606\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A female paraglider has been left seriously injured after crashing onto a cliff when her 'parachute collapsed'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A female paraglider has been left seriously injured after crashing onto a cliff when her &#8216;parachute collapsed&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Different extraction methods to get the casualty back to the ambulance were considered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The casualty was transferred to ambulance for [an] onward journey to hospital. We wish her a speedy recovery.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The terrifying ordeal took place on the idyllic Beer Head Coast Path on the Devon coast, a popular walking destination among tourists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Daily Mail has contacted Devon and Cornwall Police for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Woman rushed to hospital after paraglider crash &#8216;where her parachute collapsed&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By KATHERINE LAWTON, NEWS REPORTER Published: 13:13 EDT, 10 August 2025 | Updated: 13:13 EDT, 10 August 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[97,59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-58120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-greatbritain","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}