A young woman has died in a horror paragliding accident in a holiday hotspot popular with Brits.
Cristina Colturi was carrying out a tandem paragliding flight when tragedy struck.
The 28-year-old was fatally injured when the pair crashed in a rocky area near the tourist beach of La Enramada in Costa Adeje, Tenerife.
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The emergency services arrived on the scene, but Cristina was already in cardiac arrest.
They managed to revive the young woman on the beach before placing her in an ambulance.
The Italian national, who moved to the Spanish holiday island a year ago, was taken to the Our Lady of Candelaria University Hospital in Santa Cruz on Friday (6 Mar).
She succumbed to her injuries in hospital two days later.
Her family reportedly authorised the removal of her organs for donation and, as per her wishes, made arrangements for her burial in Tenerife.
Cristina, who originally came from Castelnuovo Bozzente near Milan, worked as a colour analyst in a hotel on the Spanish island.
She wanted to try paragliding again after first embarking on a flight in Italy a year before.
Her partner bought her the excursion as a gift at Christmas, as reported by Need To Know.
Meanwhile, the paragliding instructor suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the accident and is receiving care at the South Tenerife Hospital.
An investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.
