Paraglider suffers serious leg injury in crash on the Kapiti Coast

Paraglider suffers serious leg injury in crash on the Kapiti Coast

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Emergency services at Pukerua Bay, Kapiti Coast, assisted a paraglider with a leg injury, on Saturday afternoon.

A paraglider suffered a serious leg injury when they crash-landed at Pukerua Bay on the Kapiti Coast on Saturday.

A police spokesperson said emergency services were called to Ocean Parade, at Pukerua Bay, at about 12.15pm following reports a paraglider was in trouble.

It appeared the paraglider crashed into a toilet block or the ground, she said.

They had a serious leg injury.