Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from edge of space, dies in paragliding crash

Austrian extreme skydiver, 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying over central Italy

The extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident in central Italy.

The Austrian, 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying over Porto Sant'Elpidio in the Marche region on Thursday and fell to the ground into the swimming pool of a hotel.