A German woman who was practicing paragliding in La Herradura had an accident and was seriously hurt.

Owing to the seriousness of her injuries, she was taken to the general hospital, Traumatología, in the city of Granada, according to the Policía Local de Almuñécar.

The accident occurred around noon yesterday,  which was when the emergency services received the call out.

Fire personnel brought the woman up to where an ambulance was waiting to take her to Las Tejas football ground, where she was transferred into an air-ambulance helicopter for the flight up to Granada.

(News/Noticias: Herradura, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia – Photo: JM de Haro)