A man has died after the glider he was in crashed in a field near Banbury yesterday.
Paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to a field in Ratley, Warwickshire, near the B4086, at 5.40pm.
They were helped by ambulance staff from Oxfordshire.
The man was declared dead at the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Ambulance staff immediately assessed the occupant of the glider, a man, but unfortunately it quickly became apparent that nothing could be done to save the man and he was confirmed dead at the scene.”
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