Skydiver rescued after crash landing in trees near Arnprior

Ottawa firefighters rescuing a skydiver who crash landed near Arnprior Monday. (Ottawa Fire Services/X)

A skydiver was taken to hospital after crash landing in a wooded area near Arnprior Monday morning.

The Ottawa Fire Services say they received a call reporting a skydiver landing near the intersection of Upper Dwyer Hill and Ottawa Road 29 just south of Highway 417 at approximately 10:45 a.m.

Firefighters arriving on scene required chainsaws to cut through the heavily forested area to get to the person, the fire service said in a news release. Brush trucks and utility-terrain vehicles (UTV) were also sent to the area.

Ottawa paramedics say they treated an adult woman for non-life-threatening injuries. Ottawa fire says she was conscious and alert but had suffered multiple fractures.

“Firefighters and Paramedics loaded the patient onto a stokes basket prior to bringing them out to the road to be transported to hospital,” Ottawa fire says.

The woman was safely brought out and loaded into an ambulance over an hour after crews were notified of the crash.

A firefighter had to be assessed by paramedics after the rescue for heat exhaustion with temperatures in Ottawa soaring into the mid-30s on Monday. The firefighter was released at the scene.

The cause of the crash remains unclear.

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