Entangled bungee jumper nearly strangled

Authorities in Austria were today trying to determine how a bungee jumper in Vienna’s famed Prater park became entangled in his cord and was nearly strangled.

The mishap occurred yesterday evening, when the bungee cord wrapped around the head of the 20-year-old man, officials said. It happened as the man was bouncing on the cord after jumping from a platform 180 feet high in a tandem leap with a friend.