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Crews airlift crashed paraglider in B.C.'s Okanagan

Crews rescued a paraglider who crashed into Blue Grouse Mountain on Friday, Sept. 27. (Courtesy: Central Okanagan Search and Rescue/Facebook) Crews rescued a paraglider who crashed into Blue Grouse Mountain on Friday, Sept. 27. (Courtesy: Central Okanagan Search and Rescue/Facebook)
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Search and rescue volunteers were called to rescue a paraglider who crashed on a mountain near Kelowna, B.C., Friday morning.

Central Okanagan Search and Rescue says its crews met with the paraglider and helped paramedics on scene on Blue Grouse Mountain.

A helicopter long line team with Penticton Search and Rescue then arrived to fly the patient to a waiting ambulance.

Crews rescued a paraglider who crashed into Blue Grouse Mountain on Friday, Sept. 27. (Courtesy: Central Okanagan Search and Rescue/Facebook)BC Emergency Health Services said it got the call about the rescue at 9:48 a.m. and sent three ground ambulances to the scene.

Officials said the paraglider was taken to hospital in stable condition.

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