Extreme athlete who jumped from edge of space dies after paragliding crash

The 56-year-old lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying in Italy and he fell to the ground near a hotel swimming pool.

Felix Baumgartner, the extreme athlete who once jumped from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding crash in Italy.

The 56-year-old Austrian lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying over Porto Sant'Elpidio in the central Marche region.