we know now that 54 year old dan burton sadly died as a result of the accident, and his colleague, adventurer sacha dench, was seriously injured. she s now receiving treatment in hospital. we understand her injuries are serious, but not life threatening. now, the pair were taking part in what s been known as the round britain climate challenge. this is where they were trying to circumnavigate the uk, around about 3000 miles in total using these paramotors and drawing attention to some of the issues around climate change as they went. this is all ahead of the cop26 climate conference in glasgow in november. now, they were in the final stages of that enterprise when this incident occurred on saturday. now, the conservation without borders, the organisation behind that challenge, have said today that their thoughts and wishes are with the family of dan burton and they ve confirmed understandably that the challenge itself has been put on hold at the moment. police have been here today comb
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