AFR investigating paraglider crash in foothills

Posted: Jun 27, 2020 / 05:50 PM MDT / Updated: Jun 27, 2020 / 06:36 PM MDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Saturday morning, Albuquerque Fire Rescue was called to a paraglider crash on Menaul east of Tramway.

Crews were dispatched to the foothills around 11:30 a.m. to a call of an aircraft crash. Officials say the pilot had only minor injuries.

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