Get the biggest daily news stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailA British base jumper died after plunging 3,000 metres in an Italian mountain range. A helicopter soon located Jean Andre's body in a snow-filled gully near the Saas Pordoi mountain at Canazei, north of Venice. "From what I understand the British guy was in a camper friend with his friend and they decided to do the jump. A police spokesman said:''We were called by mountain rescue to a fatal BASE jumping incident involving a British national and informed the relevant authorities. (Image: Facebook)Last year, an expert British base jumper plunged 600ft to his death off a nearby peak.

Source: Daily Mirror June 10, 2019 22:13 UTC