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A hiker has tragically died after plummeting 30 metres and paraglider has been seriously injured during at horror weekend at a popular mountain in Queensland.
The woman was hiking Mount Beerwah, in the Glass House Mountains on the Sunshine Coast, when she fell to her death down a 30m drop about 1.40pm on Saturday.
Authorities spent the night working to recover the body, with the woman yet to be formally identified by police.
The fatality came just hours after a paraglider had to be rescued after being blown into a cliff.
A woman has died and two others have been injured during a horror weekend at the Mount Beerwah, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast (pictured)
Queensland Ambulance crews are pictured at the scene on Saturday after a recovery mission was launched to locate the woman
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the paraglider was jumping from a path known as the Organ Pipes when he was knocked back into the side of the mountain.
‘[It appears] he’s launched and was blown back by the wind and hit the mountain,’ she said.
The man, aged in his 50s, suffered significant injuries to his head, chest and spine and fractured his legs.
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He was airlifted to Royal Brisbane Hospital in a serious condition.
Emergency services winched an injured male hiker to safety after he lost his footing and fell several metres into a gorge
A paramedic was lowered down to assist the man before he was airlifted to Sunshine Coast Hospital
In a third incident, emergency services were called to the mountain about 4.45pm on Saturday after a male hiker fell 10 metres into a gorge.
The man, aged in his 20s, is believed to have been walking along the northern track when he lost his footing and plunged several metres.
A RACQ LifeFlight helicopter – which had been deployed to recover the woman’s body – was redirected to help winch the hiker to safety.
A paramedic was lowered down the cliff to treat the man for a dislocated shoulder before he was secured onto a stretcher and lifted into the chopper.
He was taken to Sunshine Coast Hospital for treatment.
