British man is killed in paraglider crash at Portuguese beauty spot
- The unnamed Brit was discovered late last night having suffered cardiac arrest
- He was pronounced dead at the scene of crash in countryside north of Lisbon
A British man has died in a paragliding accident in Portugal.
Emergency responders including firefighters launched a search after a 999 call from a local saying a paraglider had crashed to the ground near a beauty spot north of Lisbon.
The accident victim is said to have already gone into cardiac arrest when he was discovered in an area ‘of difficult access.’
He was assisted by medical experts but died at the scene.
It comes just days after Former Scottish rugby international Greig Oliver was killed in a tragic paragliding accident in South Africa earlier this week.
A British man has died in a paragliding accident in Portugal
The unnamed man suffered his accident in an area known as Vale Bom in the municipality of Cadaval.
Heartbroken son of Scottish rugby international Greig Oliver arrives for Ireland U-20 match hours after his father died in paragliding crash
It is near to the Montejunto Mountains an hour north of Lisbon, a nature lover’s paradise speckled with windmills and sleepy villages which is also a well-known wine region.
The alarm was raised just before 9pm yesterday.
It was not immediately clear this morning whether the British man lived in Portugal or was on holiday.
One unconfirmed report said he was practicing powered paragliding, also known as paramotoring, where the pilot wears a back-pack motor which provides enough thrust to take off using a paraglider.
An investigation was underway this morning into the cause of the accident.
Paragliding is one of the activities listed among the ‘things to do’ on local travel websites, along with hiking, mountain climbing and horseback riding.
Meanwhile, investigations continue into the death of former Scottish rugby player Greig Oliver, who is thought to have drowned after splashing down in choppy waters off Cape Town after colliding with another paraglider earlier this week.
Rescue swimmers and paramedics at Rocklands Beach, Cape Town, who had recovered the body of former Scottish scrum half Greig Oliver, 58.
Munster rugby coach and former Scotland international Greig Oliver, 58, (pictured) has died after a paragliding crash
The 58-year-old, an elite performance officer at Irish rugby club Munster, was reportedly ‘smashed against the rocks’ after being swept in from the sea following the freak mid-air collision.
Greig, in South Africa to support his son Jack and the Ireland squad during the World Rugby U20 Championships, was a passenger on a tandem flight overlooking the coast of Cape Town.
Two tandem pilots collided mid-air above Sea Point Promenade, a popular tourist area.
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