The coastguard has winched a paraglider from a steep hillside after a crash in Westbury.
Emergency services, including Wiltshire Air Ambulance, were called to the scene at the White Horse at around 7.30pm this evening following reports of an aircraft crash.
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Two fire service incident support vehicles, two fire engines, an ambulance, a paramedics officer, an air ambulance and a fire commander all attended the scene.
A coastguard helicopter arrived just before 9pm, winching a male casualty from the hillside.
The paraglider isn’t believed to have suffered any serious injuries. After being winched to safety, he was taken to hospital by land ambulance.