Two rushed to hospital after paraglider crashes into paddock

Two people have been rushed to hospital after a paraglider crashed into a remote paddock.

Two people have been rushed to hospital after a paraglider crashed into a paddock in remote central Victoria.

Emergency services were called to the paddock near Elphinstone shortly after 11am on Monday after reports of a crash.

A 70-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman are understood to have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

In a statement, Ambulance Victoria said one of the patients had been flown to The Alfred hospital in Melbourne.

Two people have been rushed to hospital after a paraglider crashed into a paddock. Picture: ABC

The other patient was transported by road to Bendigo Health, about 40 minutes away.

Advances Life Support and Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance paramedics had attended the scene, alongside the air ambulance.

A severe weather warning has put in place for much of the state’s central and northeastern regions, as a cold front is forecast to move through on Tuesday.

In an alert issued at 10am, the Bureau of Meteorology warned that damaging wind gusts of up to 110km could lash peaks over 1600m on Tuesday morning.

Originally published as Two rushed to hospital after paraglider crashes into paddock