A parachutist has been critically injured after crash landing in a Durham housing estate, emergency services have said.
The woman was flown to hospital by the Great North Air Ambulance in a critical condition.
The North East Ambulance Service said it received a call at around 3:45pm on Saturday to Shotton Colliery in County Durham.
It said two ambulances and a trauma team were sent to the scene.
The woman was airlifted from the scene to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.
Police have said they are investigating the incident, which occurred close by to Shotton Airfield.
Ian Rosenvinger, from the Skydive Academy at Peterlee Parachute Centre at the airfield, told the Northern Echo that the woman was a 'regular jumper' at the centre.
He suggested the woman had crashed after her parachute failed to open properly.
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