Bungee jumper plunges to death

London - A 22-year-old American was killed yesterday when he hit the ground during a bungee jump from a cable car, police said…

London - A 22-year-old American was killed yesterday when he hit the ground during a bungee jump from a cable car, police said. It was unclear what went wrong.

The excursion was operated by Adventure World, which conducted a "canyoning" expedition in the same region of central Switzerland last summer in which 21 people were killed in a flash flood.

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