Man falls approximately 80 feet while using a paraglider, is rescued and transported to the hospital
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BOULDER, Colo. — Around 12:15 p.m. today, Boulder Fire-Rescue got called to Wonderland Hill in the area of Sixth street and Locust avenue to respond to an injured man who had fallen approximately 80 feet while using a paraglider. First responders located the man at the site of his fall and transported him down the hill. He was then taken in an ambulance to Boulder Community Hospital.
Boulder Fire-Rescue’s stations 1 and 5 crews responded to the area, along with Rocky Mountain Rescue, Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, and Boulder Open Space Mountain Parks Rangers. Multiple responders prepared him for transport and helped bring him down the hill on foot. The man was then transferred to an American Medical Response (AMR) ambulance and transported to Boulder Community Hospital.
“Today’s response demonstrated a really good, collaborative effort by everybody on scene,” said Boulder Fire-Rescue acting Battalion Chief Joe Gross. “We are grateful we were able to get the patient on his way to the hospital as quickly as possible.”
Boulder Fire-Rescue appreciates our partner responders on this incident: Rocky Mountain Rescue, American Medical Response, Boulder County Sherriff's Office, City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Rangers, and the Boulder Police Department.