A 63-year-old British man has died in a paragliding accident in north-east Spain after he got “tangled up in power lines,” according to local media.
A spokesperson for the regional government said three fire brigades responded to reports of a paragliding accident in Palau de Noguera, a small village in Catalonia’s Lleida province, at around 1.20pm local time on Wednesday.
They launched a search to locate the 63-year-old, who was seriously injured.
“They searched the area, located the victim seriously injured, and provided initial medical attention until the two crews from the Emergency Medical Service (SEM) arrived,” the spokesperson said.
“Unfortunately, the man, aged 63 and of British nationality, lost his life.”
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The foreign office told ITV News in a statement: “We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Spain.”
The man’s identity has not yet been released. It was not immediately clear if he lived in Spain or had gone paragliding as part of a holiday.
Palau de Noguera is an hour and a half south of the Pyrenees mountains, and a short distance from the paragliding hotspot of Àger.
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