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Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian base jumper and skydiver renowned for his record-breaking jump from the stratosphere, died while paragliding in Italy on Thursday, local media reported.
Baumgartner, 56, lost control of his paraglider and crashed into a hotel swimming pool in the coastal town of Porto Sant’Elpidio, CNN affiliate SkyTG24 reported.
The apparatus struck a woman who was not seriously injured, according to SkyTG24.
Italy’s national broadcaster RAI reported that authorities are working to determine the exact cause of the crash.
CNN has reached out to Baumgartner’s repres
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