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From the Walnut Creek Police Department:
On the above date and time [07/07/13 5:53pm], Walnut Creek Police Department received a call of a paraglider accident in the Lime Ridge Open Space. Consolidated Fire Department, AMR and a CHP helicopter responded to extract the victim from the location of the accident. The victim was transported to John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek but did not survive the injuries sustained in the fall.
Other paragliders were with the victim and witnessed the fall. Nothing criminal is suspected. The victim’s identity is being withheld pending notification by the CCC Coroner’s office.