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Paragliding Gone Wrong: Man, Woman Get Stuck on High-Mast Pole in Varkala | Video

Police received the information and reached the spot along with the firefighting team who brought the paragliders down.

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Paragliding accident in Varkala
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Two people paragliding in Varkala in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district met with an accident and got stuck on a high-mast lighting pole for nearly an hour. Police received the information and reached the spot along with the firefighting team who brought them down.

A video of the accident was shared by news agency ANI, where a man and woman could be seen stuck on a lighting pole.

According to Malayalam newspaper Matrubhumi, the woman was a tourist from Coimbatore who was paragliding with her gliding instructor. They had to jump into the net spread below to be rescued. 

Both of them were shifted to a nearby hospital subsequently.