Woman doing "advanced parachute maneuver" killed while skydiving in South Carolina
Chester, S.C. -- County emergency officials in South Carolina said a woman died because of a hard landing while skydiving. Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker told news outlets the 33-year-old woman died from blunt force trauma Sunday.
She was jumping with Skydive Carolina. In a news release obtained by CBS affiliate WBTV, the company said her parachute was fully functioning and deployed without incident. An "advanced parachute maneuver" caused her to sustain injuries while landing.
Skydive Carolina says a solo jumper died this afternoon. They say her parachute deployed and was functioning correctly. She was fatally injured after an advanced parachute maneuver in her landing. @WBTV_News pic.twitter.com/j4tkqGYUpu
— Anne Marie Hagerty WBTV (@AnneMarieWBTV) July 14, 2019
The company also said the Charlotte woman was an experienced skydiver with more than 800 previous dives. Her name wasn't immediately released.
This is the third experienced skydiver to die at Skydive Carolina since 2016. A 68-year-old woman died last year after a malfunction in the air and in 2016 a 32-year-old man died after crashing into another diver mid-air.
WBTV reports it is the fifth death at the location since 2009.