An experienced skydiver fell to her death in California after her parachutes got tangled in the skies above an establishment with a history of fatalities.
Woman in California dies after parachuting accident
April 19, 2021 GMT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) A woman in California has died after her parachute failed to fully open as she was falling to the ground and it became tangled around her, police said.
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said the woman died on Saturday at the Lodi Parachute Center. The woman was not identified.
“What was reported to us from someone who witnessed the (incident))… was that the chute failed to fully open as she was coming down and it was heavily tangled around her,” the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said.
Skydiver dies after parachute gets tangled in San Joaquin County
San Joaquin County sheriff’s deputies talk with Bill Dause, owner of the skydiving school, in 2016.
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April 18, 2021 10:47 PM PT
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A woman died in a skydiving accident Saturday near Lodi, Calif., after her parachute became tangled and failed to deploy as she fell to the ground, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office.
The accident occurred about 2:30 p.m. at the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center, Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Goucher said. The victim has not been identified.
“The information I gathered is that her parachute was somehow tangled,” Goucher said.
Woman in California dies after her parachute failed to fully open
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Woman in California dies after her parachute failed to fully open
A woman in California has died after her parachute failed to fully open as she was falling to the ground and it became tangled around her, police said.
LODI, Calif. - A woman in California has died after her parachute failed to fully open as she was falling to the ground and it became tangled around her, police said.
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said the woman died on Saturday at the Lodi Parachute Center. The woman was not identified.
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A California woman plunged to her death Saturday after her parachute failed to properly deploy, officials said.
The experienced parachutist performed a jump at the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center, southeast of Sacramento, shortly before 2:30 p.m. when her equipment reportedly became tangled. What was reported to us from someone who witnessed the [incident] . was that the chute failed to fully open as she was coming down and it was heavily tangled around her, the San Joaquin County Sheriff s Office told KCRA.
San Joaquin County Sheriff s Office spokeswoman Sandra Mendez later confirmed to the