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Skydivers' Chutes Tangle, Two Crash To Ground

mesquitelocalnews.com

Two Nevada skydivers are alive but seriously injured after their parachutes entangled and they struck the ground, just a few feet from a medical helicopter stationed at the Mesquite Airport.

The jumpers were attempting to land at the Mesquite airport when their parachutes tangled, causing the two to free-fall the final 20 to 30 feet to the ground. The two landed just feet from a medical helicopter whose flight crew immediately rendered aid.

One jumper was transported by the medical helicopter to University Medical Center Trauma Center in Las Vegas. The other was initially treated at Mesa View Hospital in Mesquite, but ultimately transported to Las Vegas by the same helicopter.

Their injuries are serious, although they were both conscious and talking with first responders.
 

Chris Holmes holds a Masters of Professional Communication degree from Southern Utah University. While at SUU his work received numerous awards including the 2009 King Foundation Best of Festival Award in the National Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. Chris is co-host of the daily public affairs program, Big Picture Morning Show on radio station KSUB (Cedar City, Utah). He also is a sports and news contributor at Cherry Creek Media. He lives in Cedar City, with wife, Marie and five children.