Police give update on parachute accident in Washington
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Emergency services were called to Dryburgh, Washington, on Friday, May 22 following the incident.
Northumbria Police confirmed on Tuesday, May 26 that it was a 16-year-old boy who was injured.
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Hide AdHis condition is said to be critical but stable after he was taken to hospital.
The force said no investigation is underway, but said it had attended the scene to help paramedics and handle a crowd of people, who gathered in the aftermath of the boy’s ordeal.
A spokesperson said: “At 6.15 pm on Friday, May 22, we received a request for emergency services to attend the Dryburgh area following reports a teenager with a parachute had been lifted by the wind and then dropped to the floor.
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Hide Ad“Three Hazardous Area Response Teams (Hart), a specialist paramedic and an ambulance were deployed as well as officers to assist with crowd control.
“The 16-year-old teen was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead by ambulance in a critical but stable condition.”
It also called in the Great North Air Ambulance, but the patient taken to hospital by road.