Skydiver dies as parachute gets tangled on the way down at center
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LODI, California (KOVR) A parachutist at the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center in Acampo died Saturday after her parachute got tangled on the way down, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office announced on Sunday.
Authorities said calls came in at around 2:30 p.m. regarding the woman coming down with the parachute tangled. She has not been identified but was described as being very experienced.
Skydive Lodi Parachute Center has seen over 20 deaths since it opened in the 1980s.
Just recently, a family won a $40 million lawsuit against the facility in their son’s death. Tyler Turner died when his parachute did not open up in his 2016 jump. An investigation revealed the tandem instructor Turner was paired up with – who also died – was not properly certified.
Published April 19, 2021 •
Updated on April 19, 2021 at 10:16 am
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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. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
“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.
Yet another death at notorious Calif. skydiving center, bringing total to 22 since 1981
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Skydive Lodi Parachute Center. (Photograph is from the center s Yelp page, and does not depict any incident mentioned in this story.)Yelp
Yet another skydiver has died at the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center.
The skydiving school in San Joaquin County is now the site of 22 recorded deaths since opening in 1981. Nine of those deaths have occurred since 2016, according to the FAA.
The woman, identified as 57-year-old Sabrina Call of Watsonville by the San Joaquin County coroner, died on Saturday afternoon, officials said. A parachutist who jumped with her called the sheriff s office reporting that the victim s parachute became tangled.
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