A female parachutist gliding in the Netanya area was moderately injured Wednesday afternoon after crashing into a gas station in the Sharon region city.
An initial investigation into the accident revealed that a strong gust of wind dragged the parachutist inland, causing her to lose control and hit the petrol station.
Dangerous Pastime
Youth killed in kite-surfing accident / Raanan Ben-Zur
23-year old youth dies from massive injuries after being dragged against house by wind while kite-surfing with friends in Sdot Yam
A Magen David Adom rescue crew dispatched to the area provided the woman, in her 30s, with initial medical care. She was later evacuated to the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, suffering from a back injury.
About a month ago, 20-year-old Adir Shayo was killed while kite-surfing in Sdot Yam, a kibbutz located near Caesarea. He was seriously injured when the wind dragged him into the roof of a nearby house. A Magen David Adom team evacuated him to a nearby hospital, where he later died of his wounds.
The youth was kite-surfing with his friends when a strong gust of wind dragged him 150 meters (roughly 500 feet) inland and threw him against a kibbutz house. He remained aloft, hanging by his parachute, until his friends detached him and brought him down.
He later died of massive injuries while hospitalized at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera.
Two weeks earlier, a 50-year old man was moderately injured while parachuting, when he crash-landed among boulders on an Arsuf beach. The man lost control of his parachute after colliding with the cliff overlooking the beach. He was evacuated by an MDA team to a Tel Aviv hospital.
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