An accident during a BASE jumping operation in a Utah canyon has killed two people, including extreme athlete Andy Lewis, authorities said. Multiple outlets report Lewis was known for performing onstage with Madonna at the 2012 Super Bowl and for his involvement in high-risk events, including BASE jumping as well as slacklining and tricklining. CBS News and others identify Lewis as one of the two fatalities and say the incident occurred near Moab, Utah, in a remote area of Grand County. Fox News and The Guardian describe the incident as happening during a tandem jump. The sheriff’s office in Grand County is cited as confirming Lewis’s death. One additional victim is reported as an unidentified man. Other coverage also notes Lewis’s prominence in competitive slacklining, including world champion achievements and a Guinness World Record for slackline surfing. The reports do not describe the circumstances of the jump’s failure beyond characterizing it as a “freak” accident and confirming it resulted in two deaths.
Extreme athlete Andy Lewis dies in Utah BASE jumping accident that killed two
An accident during a BASE jumping operation in a Utah canyon has killed two people, including extreme athlete Andy Lewis, authorities said. Multiple outlets report Lewis was known for performing onsta...
- A BASE jumping accident in a Utah canyon kills two people, including Andy Lewis.
- Lewis is widely reported as having performed onstage with Madonna at the 2012 Super Bowl.
- Authorities in Grand County, Utah, confirm Lewis’s death.
- The incident is described as a tandem BASE jump near Moab, Utah, in a remote area.
- Lewis is also described as a record-setting slackliner/trickliner and multiple-time competitive champion.
A BASE jumping accident in a Utah canyon killed two people including a daredevil athlete best known for performing onstage with Madonna at the 2012 Super Bowl, authorities said.
2 months agoAndy Lewis was a four-time world champion in competitive slacklining and set a Guinness World Record for slackline surfing
2 months agoBASE jumper Andy Lewis has been killed in a jumping accident.
2 months agoAndrew 'Andy' Lewis, 39, died in a freak accident while conducting a tandem BASE jump in the remote Mineral Bottom area of Grand County, near the Utah-Colorado border, on Sunday morning
2 months agoAndy Lewis was also a prominent figure in the niche sports of slacklining and tricklining, which combine elements of high-wire walking with aerial acrobatics — sometimes at perilous heights.
2 months agoAndy Lewis was a prominent figure in the high-risk sport of BASE jumping
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