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Tragedy as Sheffield paraglider dies trying to land in Peak District He was unable to regain control when his parachute collapsed Nathan WarbyReporter Timothy Ogden died on landing at WIndy Knoll, near to Mam Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District A Sheffield man has tragically died while paragliding after coming into difficulties trying to land in the Peak District. Timothy Ogden, 53, an experienced paraglider, was forced into an "unrecoverable spin" around 200ft above Windy Knoll, near Mam Tor, DerbyshireLive reports. Walkers in the area ran to his aid and began performing CPR before emergen...

An experienced paraglider died after hitting turbulence while traveling 350 feet in the air above the Peak District. Timothy Ogden, 53, went into an 'unrecoverable spin' and started to freefall at 200 feet when his chute 'collapsed' during a sudden change in wind direction above Windy Knoll near Castleton, Derbyshire. Chesterfield Coroner's Court heard he died at the scene from chest injuries within minutes of the high-speed impact on August 14 last year. The retired NHS IT manager got into difficulty at the end of a routine early evening flight above Mam Tor. After he hit the ground eyewitne...

Tragedy as experienced paraglider dies trying to land in Derbyshire He was unable to regain control when his parachute collapsed Timothy Ogden died on landing at WIndy Knoll, near to Mam Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District (Image: Getty Images) Subscribe to our weekly email updates about the Peak District to make sure you never miss another storyInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribin...