British man dies after suffering cardiac arrest and crashing while paragliding in Portugal
The fatal accident took place in a nature lover's paradise in Portugal, just an hour north of Lisbon.
A British man has died following a paragliding accident in Portugal.
Emergency services, including firefighters, rushed to the area after receiving a 999 call at approximately 9pm on July 4 from a local telling them a paraglider had crashed to the ground.
The victim had reportedly already gone into cardiac arrest when he was discovered in an area described as of "difficult access".
Despite the assistance provided to him by medical experts, the man sadly died at the scene.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the unnamed man was in Portugal on holiday or whether he had made the country his home.
The crash took place in an area known as Vale Bom, a paradise for any nature lover located an hour drive north of Lisbon.
Speckled with windmills and sleepy villages, this is also a well-known wine region.
On Wednesday, authorities were investigating the cause of the accident.
One unconfirmed report said the man had been practising powered paragliding, also known as paramotoring, which sees the pilot wearing a back-pack motor providing enough thrust to take off using a paraglider.
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Paragliding, an activity often on the to-do list of holidaymakers, recently claimed the life of ex-Scotland rugby star Greig Oliver
Mr Oliver, 58, was a passenger in a tandem flight when two paragliders are understood to have crashed into each other.
The pilot of one of the paragliders was able to deploy a parachute and fall safely into the sea, but the former rubgy player landed on nearby rocks.
Rescue swimmers from the National Sea Rescue Institute and paramedics attempted to save the former rugby star but were unable to revive him with CPR.
In a statement, the Institute said: "The tandem passenger, a 58-year-old man, was on rocks in the water off-shore of the Sea Point Promenade.
"Despite extensive CPR efforts he was sadly declared deceased by paramedics."
The other passenger sharing the paraglider with Mr Oliver suffered minor injuries.
The accident took place in Cape Town, where Mr Oliver had travelled to support his son Jack taking part in the World Rugby U20 Championship.