Italian Woman Dies in Tenerife Paragliding Crash

A 28-year-old Italian woman died in a hospital two days after a tandem paragliding accident near a popular beach in Tenerife, prompting travel authorities to reiterate safety warnings for the activity.

Cristina Colturi, originally from the Milan area, suffered fatal injuries on Friday, March 6, when the paraglider she was riding with an instructor crashed into a rocky area adjacent to La Enramada beach in Costa Adeje, a resort town in southwestern Tenerife. Emergency responders from the Canary Islands Government's Emergency and Security Coordination Center arrived around 5:20 p.m. local time after reports of the incident. Colturi was found in cardiac arrest but was revived by lifeguards on the scene before being transported by ambulance to Our Lady of Candelaria University Hospital in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. She succumbed to her injuries on Sunday, March 8. The instructor sustained moderate, non-life-threatening injuries and received treatment at a hospital in southern Tenerife.

Colturi had moved to the Canary Island about a year earlier and worked as a hair colorist at a local hotel. The paragliding excursion was a Christmas gift from her partner, Pedro, and she had previously...