Australian base-jumper dies in France: police
Sunday, 17 August 2014
A 35-year-old Australian man plunged to his death in southeastern France Sunday while attempting to parachute off a cliff in the extreme sport known as base-jumping. Police said the man had thrown himself off the 2,600-metre (8,500-feet) peak of Brevent in the French Alps at around 9:00 am (0700 GMT). Rescue workers said he likely died on impact. He was found ‘several hundred metres lower in a wooded area below the site,’ they said. An investigation has been launched to determine the exact cause of the accident, according to AFP.