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Woman who died at troubled Calif. skydiving center had made 2,000 jumps
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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.)Anthony R. via Yelp
A woman who died last week in a parachute accident at the troubled Skydive Lodi Parachute Center had made thousands of previous jumps, the owner of the center said Monday.
Sabrina Call, 57, of Watsonville, Calif., died Saturday when her primary parachute and her reserve chute tangled, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office.
The accident was under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration. In a statement, the agency said skydiving investigations are limited to inspecting the parachute rigging.
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.