Overview

• The 56-year-old Austrian extreme-sports pioneer crashed near Porto Sant’Elpidio on July 17 after reportedly losing consciousness mid-air.
• A hotel employee was lightly injured by debris from the crash and received prompt medical treatment.
• Porto Sant’Elpidio’s police and Mayor Massimiliano Ciarpella say preliminary reports point to a medical emergency as the trigger for the loss of control.
• Red Bull and local authorities have confirmed Baumgartner’s death and opened an official investigation into the accident’s cause.
• Baumgartner rose to fame with his 2012 supersonic skydive from the stratosphere and held multiple world records in BASE jumping and parachuting.