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A rescue operation is deployed to rescue the follower.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Sébastien Vachon
Posted yesterday at 10:27 p.m. UTCUpdated yesterday at 10:47 p.m. UTC
A 59-year-old man found himself stuck in a tree after losing control of his paraglider during its descent in Cap-Santé in the middle of the afternoon.
The police intervened around 2:45 p.m. in the area of rue Langevin, in Cap-Santé, for a person in distress.
When they arrived, they found that the man had lost control of his paraglider.
A rescue operation involving a Sûreté du Québec helicopter was necessary.
The police remained in constant communication with the paraglider.
The Sûreté du Québec does not fear for his life.
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