The leg-end of the Scariff skydiver

A skydiver participating in an event in Scariff over the August Bank Holiday weekend was rushed to hospital after he broke his leg during his landing on Saturday.
The man, who was part of a group of skydivers organised to showcase at the Scariff Harbour Festival, is understood to have been carrying a banner as part of the event and this became entangled in some way with an ESB wire.
Having parachuted from an aircraft above Craven’s field in Scariff the skydiver performed what was described a fantastic air display with his colleagues but got into difficulty close to the ground and lost his balance.
The result was he broke his leg and had to be taken by ambulance to hospital. Although he was unable to participate in the following day’s air display he is understood to be recovering well.