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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Lodi Parachute Center, Acampo, Calif.Yelp
On Aug. 6, 2016, Tyler Turner, an 18-year-old from Los Banos who had just graduated high school with a 4.3 grade point average, went skydiving for the first time to celebrate a friend s birthday.
Turner jumped in tandem with an instructor. The parachute did not open, and the two hit the ground with a fatal impact. Deputies found the bodies in a vineyard just south of the center’s landing zone. It was later revealed by the Sacramento Bee that the instructor reportedly did not have a proper license.
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A ten-year-old girl who donated four organs receives honor in the Rose Parade event. Her family had difficulty, but they decided to donate her organs to the people in need after their daughter died in an accident.
According to KFSN, Francine Salazar got into an accident in August 2019. She was with her family when she was on her way to get ice cream. Suddenly, a speeding driver crashed into their van after it blew a stop sign.
The family decided to donate the child s organs
The fifth-grader was moved to a local hospital and died three days later. While they had difficulty at first, her family finally decided to donate her organs to help others in need. Salazar s mom, Hannah, told the Visalia Times-Delta that they knew they made the right decision.