31/03/2024
Paraglider crash: Merewether (Newcastle) Sunday 31/03/2024
Multiple emergency services responded Hickson Street, Merewether to the Glenrock reserve paraglider area around 12:30pm this afternoon.
Witnesses reported that a paraglider was seen to lose control and had crashed into Bushland just south of gliding pad off Glenrock reserve.
NSW Ambulance specialist paramedics and rescue crews arrived to the incident along with NSW Police Rescue units.
Both emergency services conducted a search of the area and found the paraglider had crashed into heavy thick bushland 300 meters in Glennrock reserve area.
NSW Ambulance also responded a rescue helicopter to the scene with a with the medical team on board, Rescue 204 arrived at short time later from Sydney winching in the Specialist medical team to access the patient and assess their condition.
Emergency groundcrews also made contact with the paraglider, where ambulance paramedics stabilise the patient before they were winched out by helicopter along with the medical team where the patient was flown to the John Hunter Hospital for further treatment.
Video: JW MEDIA / TNV 2024