A 20-year-old man had to be rescued this Wednesday after suffering a paragliding accident in the municipality of Adeje, in the south of Tenerife, according to the Emergency and Security Coordination Center (Cecoes) 112.
The event occurred minutes before 1:00 p.m., when the 112 operating room received an alert in which it was reported that a paraglider had suffered a fall and needed medical assistance and to be rescued after having fallen in a place of difficult access in Boca of the Pass.
Rescuers from the GES helicopter located the area of the incident, proceeded to rescue the paraglider and evacuated him to the Adeje Volunteer Fire Department helipad. Once on land, the SUC staff assisted the athlete and transferred him to a hospital after presenting a moderate upper limb injury. Rural Agents took care to prevent the departure of other paragliders in the area.