From a height of 50 to 80 meters, a paraglider fell almost unchecked to the ground near the Brauneck on Sunday.
He was seriously injured in the process.
The cause of the accident is still unclear.
Lenggries
- A Lenggrieser suffered serious injuries in an accident with a paraglider on Sunday. According to the police report, the 39-year-old was doing several paragliding flights in the Gilgenhöfe area near Brauneck when his paraglider suddenly collapsed at a height of about 50 to 80 meters at around 1:20 p.m. The man then threw the reserve parachute. However, this did not unfold, so that the man fell almost unchecked on a meadow about 300 meters south of the landing site. He suffered serious injuries in the process. He was taken to the accident clinic in Murnau by rescue helicopter. The investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.
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