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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Tim Hanlon

Brit, 50, killed in paragliding tragedy close to popular Spanish mountain peak

A British paraglider has died after an accident in the Spanish Pyrenees on Thursday where paramedics rushed to his aid but were unable to save him, it is reported.

The 50 year-old man was severely injured on the south side of the Pico Gallinero mountain in the Aragonese Pyrenees and while he was conscious when a rescue team reached him, he later died.

At 1.30pm, police in Huesca received an emergency call about the accident and that the paraglider was conscious, but with difficulty breathing.

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