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[rfranklin]

1 dead in skydiving
collision above
Calif. airport

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

8:02 PM, Apr. 16, 2011|

PERRIS, CALIF. — Two weeks after a pair
of experienced skydivers collided and
plunged to their deaths, a similar accident
in southern California has left one skydiver
dead and another in critical condition.The
jumpers' parachutes collided and got
entangled about 200 feet above the
ground Friday, just a day before a
memorial jump to honor the victims of the
previous crash, Perris Valley Skydiving
manager Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld said.

"In both of these situations, it was two very
experienced people on days when there
was hardly any other people in the air," he
said. "And somehow they lost track of each
other and ran into each other. It's
dumbfounding to us."

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/B3/20110416/NJNEWS18/110416035/1-dead-skydiving-collision-above-Calif-airport?odyssey=obinsite