News From Around The County
SAN JACINTO, Calif., — A speed flyer who crashed into a steep mountainside above the Soboba Indian Reservation was rescued during a technical hoist operation near Soboba Flight Park, in the area of Soboba Road and State Street Saturday morning, Jan. 1. Speed flying is an advanced discipline of paragliding that uses a small, high-performance paraglider wing for fast descents. […]
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SAN JACINTO, Calif., — A paraglider who crashed into a San Jacinto mountainside after launching from the Soboba Fly Park was plucked from the scene of the crash during a hoist rescue that took place Friday, Oct. 29. The injured paraglider survived the crash and was hospitalized with unspecified injuries after being rescued. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Middle school student […]
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SAN JACINTO — A paraglider suffered moderate injuries after the person crashed near San Jacinto’s Soboba Paragliding early Sunday evening, July 7. Soboba Paragliding has been the site of several other accidents that ended with skydiving and/or paragliding enthusiasts injured or killed, including a paraglider who was killed after crashing at the site last September. In a sad coincidence another […]
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SAN JACINTO — A paraglider was airlifted with serious injuries after the victim crashed in San Jacinto earlier this morning, Thursday, April 4. This morning’s accident was the second crash and hoist rescue involving a paraglider from Soboba Paragliding and Speed Flying in less than two weeks. Both recent crashes, including one that happened Monday, March 25, happened in the […]
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SAN JACINTO — A paraglider was rescued from a San Jacinto mountainside and hospitalized today after crashing earlier this morning. The accident and remote area rescue happened at Soboba Paragliding and Speed Flying, in the 200 block of Soboba Ave. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: AZ man identified after fatal wreck at Soboba Sand Drags Hemet couple arrested after MoVal child […]
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SAN JACINTO — A paraglider is recovering after suffering a “hard landing” in San Jacinto yesterday morning, Nov. 22. The accident, which caused the victim moderate injuries according to Cal Fire, happened at Soboba Paragliding on the 250 block of Soboba Rd. in San Jacinto. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Officials search for rifle-wielding pair after Hemet robbery Ejected from SUV, teen […]
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SAN JACINTO — Officials have recovered the body of a person who died in a paragliding accident this morning, Monday, Sept. 3. The victim died while paragliding at Soboba Paragliding and Speed Flying, on the 900 block of Soboba Rd. in San Jacinto. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: 1 of 4 missing, CA woman, 51, located after Colorado River head-on […]
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