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By NANCY MONTGOMERY | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 11, 2021 VICENZA, Italy — A skydiving accident that killed an Italian-Argentine instructor on Sunday and severely injured a U.S. paratrooper is being investigated by three different authorities, according to media reports and the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Carabinieri overseen by a Vicenza prosecutor have begun one probe and seized the helmet-mounted video camera worn by Skydive Thiene instructor Emiliano Basile, who died in the accident, L’Eco Vicentino newspaper reported. An autopsy on the 38-year-old’s remains will be conducted i...

This story has been updated. VICENZA, Italy — An Italian instructor was killed and an experienced 173rd Airborne Brigade paratrooper was seriously injured after their parachutes became entangled in a skydiving accident near Vicenza, Army officials and news reports said. The accident around noon Sunday at Thiene Airport killed Emiliano Basile, 38, originally of Argentina and a resident of Schio, near Vicenza, Italian media reported. The soldier was being treated at San Bortolo hospital in Vicenza, brigade spokesman Maj. Chris Bradley said. “He has serious injuries, but we are very hope...