Brazil: Police are investigating death of Brazilian tourist when she fell from airborne paraglider in Sao Conrado

Posted on March 29, 2012 • Filed under: Latin America, Tourist Dies

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Police are investigating the death of a tourist who was killed on Sunday when she fell from an airborne paraglider above São Conrado beach, in the city’s Zona Sul (South Zone). The victim was 24-year-old Brazilian woman, Priscilla Boliveira, sister of the actor Boliveira Fabricio, who starred in Tropa de Elite 2 (Elite Troop 2). According to rescue workers, the woman slipped out of the safety harness before falling around 30m to the sand, where she died instantly. Read article

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