Airlie Beach skydiver suffers hard landing days after Douglas Ball death

Paramedics are treating a skydiver after a hard landing near the same drop zone where fellow jumper Douglas Ball suffered critical injuries and later died.

A skydiver in Airlie Beach has suffered a leg injury in a hard landing, just days after Whitsunday skydiver Douglas Ball died from his injuries. Photo Lachie Millard

A skydiver has suffered a hard landing near the same drop zone where fellow skydiver Douglas Ball sustained critical injuries.

Paramedics treated a female patient in her 30s with a leg injury on scene at Kunapipi Road, close to the Laguna Quays dropzone.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said there was no indication yet of how serious the leg injury was.

The paramedics took the woman to Proserpine Hospital, where she is in a stable condition.

A skydiver has reportedly suffered a leg injury in a hard landing on Kunapipi Rd, Airlie Beach. Photo: Contributed

The incident comes just days after the passing of skydiver Douglas Ball, who died at Princess Alexandra Hospital a week after a hard landing at Laguna Quays.

Mr Ball, 52, was a highly experienced skydiver and worked as a tandem instructor with 1300 Skydive Australia, a company with branches across the country, including Airlie Beach Skydivers.

Airlie Beach Skydivers uses the Laguna Quays dropzone.

Skydiver Douglas Ball. Picture: Facebook

This morning’s incident also follows a horror skydiving accident near Goondiwindi from yesterday afternoon.

Gold Coast skydiving instructor Jason Bennett suffered multiple serious spinal injuries in a hard landing at address on Meandarra Talwood Road.

A five-day skydiving event, Jyro Boogie 2023, is under way at the site.

Mr Bennett is an instructor with iFly Surfers Paradise.

More to come.

Originally published as Airlie Beach skydiver suffers hard landing days after Douglas Ball death