Stratospheric skydiver killed in glider crash in Italy

Felix Baumgartner; (right) The Stratospheric jump in 2012 by Felix Baumgartner. Pics/AFP

Stratospheric skydiver Felix Baumgartner, 56, died while paragliding along the eastern coast of Italy on Friday. News reports said his motorised paraglider crashed into a swimming pool at a hotel, injuring a young woman there.

Baumgartner was most widely known for his 2012 jump from the stratosphere, the highest-ever parachute jump at the time.

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