Bachelorette contestant Eric Hill passed away on Wednesday after sustaining multiple injures during a paragliding accident on Sunday.
The 32-year-old is a contestant on the upcoming season of The Bachelorette which will premiere on May 19. At the time of the accident, Hill had already completed filming of the series and had been eliminated by bachelorette Andi Dorfman.
Hill was in a medically induced coma after his parachute collapsed and he crashed into a hillside on Sunday.
“Due to the slope of the hill, we had a difficult time getting the patient down, so we called in a technical rescue team and some technical medical specialists,” Utah’s United Fire Authority Battalion Chief Brian Anderton told US Weekly.
Eric’s sister, Karen Tracy, took to her Facebook page to break the news. “Eric shared his final journey with us this morning as all his immediate family were able to be at his side when he passed away,” Tracy wrote. “Thank you to all of your love and support and prayers and fasting. It was amazing to be with so many of his friends and family yesterday in the hospital who came to express their love for Eric. He gave us such a gift of a life fully lived and fully shared, and allowed us all to be a part of his last adventure here on earth. It is hard to think of life without his bright spark, but we know he is on to new adventures. We look forward to carrying on his legacy here and greeting him joyfully again someday. I love you so much, little brother!”
