A contestant on the upcoming series of The Bachelorette, Eric Hill, has died in a tragic paragliding accident. The 32-year-old reality TV contestant was injured when his parachute collapsed and swung him into the side of a hill instead of away from it while he was paragliding at Point of the Mountain in Draper, Utah, on Sunday. He had been in a coma in hospital, but lost his battle Wednesday, according to his sister, Karen Tracy. Scroll down for video Tragic: Bachelorette contestant Eric Hill has died three days after a paragliding accident in Utah, pictured here with Bachelorette star Andi Dorfman while filming the ABC show in Ventura Beach, California, on March 15
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Eric Hill was paragliding from a Utah mountainside in highly turbulent conditions when his parachute collapsed
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He was rushed to the hospital in a coma, but lost his battle today
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The 32-year-old was briefly a contestant in an upcoming season of The Bachelorette, which is still filming
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Eric had been travelling since February 2013 in an attempt to visit every country in the world
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The Bachelor producers have released a statement saying they are 'deeply saddened'
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