Felix Baumgartner fatal paragliding accident

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner lost control of his motorized paraglider and fatally crashed near a crowded swimming pool on Italy’s Adriatic coast.

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00:00The man who defied gravity in a record-breaking space dive has tragically died.

00:04Felix Baumgartner reportedly lost control of his motorized paraglider

00:08and fell near a swimming pool of a hotel in Porto Santopidio in Italy.

00:12The cause of the accident remains unclear.

00:14Local officials say he may have suffered a sudden medical emergency mid-flight.

00:17Local police in central Italy confirmed the 55-year-old Austrian athlete

00:21was killed immediately after the crash.

00:23Felix Baumgartner became world famous in October 2012

00:26when he jumped from the edge of space.

00:28He became the first person to break the sound barrier in free fall.