Two seasoned skydivers lost their lives on Friday when their parachutes became entangled during an organized jump in Southern California. Georgia Jean, 56, from Box Elder, South Dakota, and Levi Pimentel, 29, from Aurora, Illinois, both licensed skydivers, started to fall at an altitude of approximately 150 feet after a midair collision at Skydive Elsinore. This incident occurred around noon at Lake Elsinore, roughly 75 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
According to Skydive Elsinore, the freefall part of the dive was normal, and the parachutes deployed correctly. However, the collision resulted in their parachutes becoming tangled, causing them to sustain critical injuries when they hit the ground.
“The collision caused their parachutes to become entangled, and both sustained critical injuries when they reached the ground,” Skydive Elsinore stated.
Jean and Pimentel suffered severe injuries and were transported by ambulance to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead, according to the Riverside County Fire Department’s social media update.
Pimentel worked as a lead skydiving instructor at iFLY Naperville in Illinois, as indicated by her LinkedIn profile. Jean had completed over 1,700 jumps, according to her website.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident to determine the cause of the accident.
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