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Newmarket glider crash: Pilot parachutes from wreckage | Newmarket glider crash: Pilot parachutes from wreckage |
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A pilot parachuted to safety after a mid-air collision between two gliders over Suffolk. | |
One pilot sustained head injuries and the other was unhurt in the crash above Newmarket, near the town's racecourse. | |
Police were called to reports of a parachutist coming down from a glider at about 16:00 BST. Both pilots were found about 30 minutes later. | |
A witness said one of the gliders was seen to "nosedive" as the pilot ejected from the aircraft. | |
'Bit mangled' | |
An ambulance service spokeswoman said: "One sustained no injuries and the other was initially unconscious but regained consciousness and did not suffer any traumatic injuries. | An ambulance service spokeswoman said: "One sustained no injuries and the other was initially unconscious but regained consciousness and did not suffer any traumatic injuries. |
"That patient was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, by land ambulance." | "That patient was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, by land ambulance." |
The witness, from Newmarket, said there were about 20 gliders flying over the town shortly before the collision. | |
"We looked away for a second and then we looked back and saw one doing a nose dive," he said. | "We looked away for a second and then we looked back and saw one doing a nose dive," he said. |
"It was going down quite fast and the glider pilot managed to parachute out. | "It was going down quite fast and the glider pilot managed to parachute out. |
"We saw another one come down but that looked more controlled. | "We saw another one come down but that looked more controlled. |
"I can see two of the gliders that have landed. One looks a bit mangled." | "I can see two of the gliders that have landed. One looks a bit mangled." |
The gliders were based in Little Gransden, in Cambridgeshire. |