Paraglider rescued after a cliff fall

One Friday, shortly before 7 p.m., a thirty-four-year-old paraglider launched from the cliff of Vierville-sur-Mer. Surprised by a gust of wind, he could not control his canopy, which collapsed. He fell about thirty meters.

His condition, the weather and the high tide prevented an evacuation by firefighters who arrived in an inflatable boat. The Dragon Civil Security helicopter, from Cherbourg, was therefore sent to the site.

Originally from Magny-le-Freule, near Mézidon, the victim was taken care of by the Trévières firefighters and SMUR doctors, in the presence of the SDIS divers and Mayor Jean-Marie Oxéant. Suffering from a double fracture of the jaw, he was transported to the University Hospital of Caen.

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