India, July 17 -- Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has died in a paragliding accident at the age if 56 in Italy, Sky Sports Austria reported citing Italian media. Baumgartner, who was from Salzburg, was paragliding in the Italian village of Porto Sant'Elpidio on the Adriatic coast when the incident happened, per the Italian broadcaster RAI, which first reported the death.

The report added that Baumgartner felt some discomfort while paragliding, which resulted in the accident. While Baumgartner was dead on impact Italian news agency Ansa reported that the incident happened at around 4 p.m. on Thursday and Baumgartner was dead on impact.

The report by Sky Austria further added that Baumgartner lost control of the motor paraglide...