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Paraglider plunges to his death on Cape Town veranda


A paraglider has plunged to his death at the luxury coastal suburb of Llandudno outside Cape Town.

Llandudno sits below Chapman's Peak drive and is a popular paragliding area

When ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene shortly after 2pm on Tuesday, they found the man lying on the front veranda of a house.

Generic Paramedics, the Llandudno Lifeguards and the SAPS was already on the scene. The man was found to be in a critical condition, and his vital signs deteriorated rapidly.

Despite the paramedics' efforts, they were unable to revive him, and he was later declared dead on the scene.

The exact circumstances surrounding the incident is not yet known, but local authorities have opened an inquest docket.