Paramotorist Injured, Support Staff Killed in Accident in Scottish Highlands

Paramotorist Injured, Support Staff Killed in Accident in Scottish Highlands
Paramotorist Sacha Dench (second right) chats with her team as they check the weather in Stevenston, Scotland, to see if the conditions are right for flight, in a file photo dated June 24, 2021. Dench was injured in an incident that killed her support paramotorist Dan Burton (far left) on Sept. 18, 2021. Andrew Milligan/PA
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Sacha Dench, who who was attempting a world-first circumnavigation of mainland Britain to raise awareness about climate change, has been seriously injured after a paramotor accident in the western Highlands of Scotland.

Dan Burton, a member of her support staff, was killed during the incident that happened late on Saturday afternoon.