A Search and Rescue helicopter has air lifted an injured hang glider off a Vancouver Island Mountain.
Just before 1 p.m. emergency crews responded to calls a hang glider carrying one man had crashed a short time after take off from Mount Prevost – a popular take off spot north of Duncan.
Paramedics and search crews found the man in bushes below the take off spot.
He was stabilized and a Search and Rescue Cormorant Helicopter was used to lift him from the area.
Witnesses say he suffered broken ankles in the crash and has been taken to a Victoria hospital for treatment.
Read it on Global News: Global BC | Hang glider breaks ankles in crash on Vancouver Island
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