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.
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Woman in California dies after parachuting accident
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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.
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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.