Paragliding accident in Mauborget VD! At around 2 p.m. on Friday, the emergency call center received a message that a paraglider († 60) had had an accident.
Initial findings indicate that the paraglider got into trouble shortly after takeoff. For reasons that are still unclear, he fell violently from a height of about ten meters to the ground.
Although witnesses on the spot and later the rescue workers rushed to help, the 60-year-old Swiss, who lived in the Morges VD district, died at the scene of the accident. Several emergency services responded to the accident. Among other things, a helicopter from Air Glacier, an ambulance and three patrols from the gendarmerie vaudoise. The public prosecutor on duty initiated an investigation and assigned the investigation to the specialized gendarmes of the mountain range. (dzc)