A 21-year-old man was left critically injured on Friday following a freak paragliding accident in Barberton, Mpumalanga.
ER24 said paramedics arrived on the scene shortly before 13h00 to find a 21-year-old man lying beneath some power lines.
“A doctor had already started assessing the man,” said spokesperson, Russel Meiring.
“On assessment, paramedics found that the patient had sustained serious burn wounds, leaving him in a critical condition. Paramedics treated the man and provided him with advanced life support interventions,” he said.
Meiring said once treated the man was transported to a nearby airport where he was airlifted to a private hospital in Johannesburg by a private medical helicopter.
“It is believed that the man had been paragliding when he struck the power lines, causing him serious burns,” he said.