Paraglider strikes power lines and suffers severe burns

Man taken to Haifa hospital in serious condition

Ilan Ben Zion is an AFP reporter and a former news editor at The Times of Israel.

A 30-year-old paraglider flew into power lines near Kibbutz Mevo Hama in the Golan Heights on Saturday.

He sustained severe burns from electrocution and was injured by the four meter fall as well.

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Paramedics airlifted the man in serious condition by helicopter to the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

 

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