Mountain rescuers went to the aid of a crashed paraglider pilot today.

The 68-year-old suffered a broken collar bone when he hit a rocky outcrop overlooking Ullswater this afternoon.

The paraglider crashed on Arthur's Pike overlooking Ullswater. Photo: Matt Eastham CC-BY-SA-2.0

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by police about 4.10pm and made its way to the site below Arthur’s Pike where the pilot had crashed on Whinny Crag.

A Patterdale MRT spokesperson said: “The team secured the area and prepared the casualty for a stretcher lift into an RAF Sea King.”

A helicopter crew from RAF Leconfield took the man on board and airlifted him to the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle for further treatment.