Extreme skier Shane McConkey was killed jumping off a cliff with a parachute while filming a movie in Italy. He was 39.
McConkey was in Corvara, Italy, on a ski-BASE jump when he had a mid-air malfunction, Red Bull, McConkey’s sponsor, said in a statement. Italian emergency responders arrived within minutes and pronounced him dead at the scene, according to the sponsor. Reported March 27, 2009
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Extreme skier Shane McConkey was killed jumping off a cliff with a parachute while filming a movie in Italy. He was 39.
McConkey was in Corvara, Italy, on a ski-BASE jump when he had a mid-air malfunction, Red Bull, McConkey’s sponsor, said in a statement. Italian emergency responders arrived within minutes and pronounced him dead at the scene, according to the sponsor. Reported March 27, 2009
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