Felix Baumgartner, famed for skydive from edge of space, dies in crash in Italy - South China Morning Post

Extreme jock Felix Baumgartner, the archetypal skydiver to autumn faster than the velocity of dependable during a 39km leap done the stratosphere much than a decennary ago, was killed successful a clang Thursday on the eastbound seashore of Italy, according to an authoritative wherever the clang occurred. He was 56. Italian firefighters who responded said a paraglider crashed into the broadside of a swimming excavation successful the metropolis of Porto Sant Elpidio. The city’s mayor, Massimiliano Ciarpella, confirmed Baumgartner’s decease successful a social...