A PARAGLIDER has been airlifted to hospital following a crash at a cliff top.
South East Coast Ambulance (Secamb) was called to Telscombe Cliffs at around 4.30pm yesterday after reports of the paraglider was injured.
Air ambulance and police also attended and the man was flown to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton after he was treated at the scene for leg injuries.
A coastguard helicopter was also in attendance, along with emergency service crews.
A Secamb spokesman said: "We were called shortly after 4.30pm yesterday, May 30, to reports of an injured paraglider at Telscombe Cliffs.
“Ambulance crews attended and were joined at the scene by the Kent, Surrey, Sussex Air Ambulance Service.
"The paraglider was assessed and treated at the scene for injuries including a leg injury before being airlifted to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton."
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