An Israeli man was stuck in the middle of a minefield near the Syrian border Saturday after his parachute apparently crashed. The man was severely injured in the accident.

According to rescue services, the unidentified man took off from a peak in the Golan Heights and drifted east toward the Syrian and Jordanian borders before crashing in the minefield, injuring his legs and breaking several bones.

An army spokesman told Reuters, "He's in the process of being rescued."

Paragliding is a sport in which participants jump off tall peaks or cliffs with a parachute strapped to their back. It is very popular in the Golan, where there are many steep mountains along Israel's northeastern border.

The crash is believed to have been caused by the faulty parachute.