Gliders collide mid-air near Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border

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Two glider pilots have escaped without serious injury after their aircraft collided mid-air near the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border.

One of the pilots parachuted to safety but the other was briefly unaccounted for after police and paramedics were called at about 4pm. The wreckage of the two aircraft was found near Snailwell, Cambridgeshire.

Lorna Marsh, spokeswoman for the East of England ambulance service, said both casualties had now been found. "They were in a field on the east side of Newmarket gallops. 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 by land ambulance."

A Suffolk police spokeswoman said they understood there had been a glider competition taking place in the area when they were called to the scene.

She said air and land ambulances were at the scene and that the air accidents investigation branch had been informed.