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Paraglider injured in crash above the Bountiful ‘B’

Posted at 9:29 PM, Apr 22, 2018
and last updated 2018-04-22 23:29:00-04

BOUNTIFUL, Utah -- A paraglider was rescued Sunday after falling 100 feet.

The 29-year-old man was paragliding near the Bountiful "B" and had just taken off when he got caught in a crosswind just after 5 p.m.

The man's parachute collapsed and he fell from the sky, in what firefighters called a "freak accident."

He was taken to a local hospital to be checked out, but he appears to be doing fine.