Felix Baumgartner — an Austrian BASE jumper and skydiver who set a record after jumping from the stratosphere down to Earth back in 2012 — has died while paragliding in Italy … according to a local outlet.
He was 56 years old.
According toLa Repubblica, he was paragliding in Porto Sant’Elpidio when he became ill and lost control of his aircraft. He ended up crashing into a hotel swimming pool … injuring a woman, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
After crashing, he reportedly lost consciousness before going into cardiac arrest.
