Pilot serioulsy hurt in glider crash. From: Northants Evening Telegraph (Kettering, England) | Date: September 3, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Johnston Publishing Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A GLIDER pilot was taken to hospital after crash landing in a field in Brigstock.

Firefighters from Corby attended the scene in Harley Way, near Brigstock, the home of the Welland Gliding Club, at about 1.50pm yesterday.

A 51-year-old man from Eye, Cambridgeshire, was released by firefighters after his glider crashed and overturned. He was then transferred by air ambulance to Birmingham Heartland Hospital with a serious injury to his leg.

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