Dharamshala, July 14 -- A 25-year-old tourist died in a paragliding accident while taking off from a non-notified site at Bangotu, which is above the Indrunag paragliding site near Dharamshala on Sunday evening, officials said on Monday.

The deceased was identified as Satish from Ahmedabad in Gujarat. He was on a tandem flight and fell during take-off along with his pilot who also sustained injuries. This is the second such incident in Dharamshala this year in which a tourist was killed in a paragliding mishap.

The incident occurred around 3.30 pm on Sunday. Police officials said that the tourist was on a family trip in Dharamshala. The injured tourist was first taken to Zonal Hospital in Dharamshala from where he was referred to Dr Raj...