The case confirmed Sunday a fatal skydiving incident at the Lodi parachuting center.
The case confirmed Sunday a fatal skydiving incident at the Lodi parachuting center.
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DOSSIER – On this photo from Saturday, August 6, 2016, San Joaquin County Sheriff's deputies meet with Bill Dause, owner of the Lodi Parachute Center in Lodi, California, about 85 miles east. from San Francisco, after the death of two paratroopers they dropped to the ground earlier in the day. One of them was 18 years old and was jumping for the first time, and his family was watching him when he hit the ground, said Sunday Dause and the local authorities. Another fatal skydiving incident at Lodi parachuting center was confirmed on Sunday. Less
REPORT – In this photo from Saturday, August 6, 2016, San Joaquin County Sheriff's deputies meet with Bill Dause, owner of the Lodi Parachute Center in Lodi, California, 85 kilometers east of … more
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REPORT – In an archive photo from Thursday, May 12, 2016, a single-engine Cessna Caravan of the Lodi parachuting center returned after an emergency landing in a vineyard near a house in the rural area From San Joaquin, near Lodi, a small plane taking 17 parachute passengers made a hard landing and found itself upside down in a vineyard, leaving only the pilot slightly injured. Two paratroopers from the parachute center were killed Saturday, August 6, 2016 during a tandem jump in northern California, authorities said. Another fatal skydiving incident at Lodi parachuting center was confirmed on Sunday.
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REPORT – In an archive photo from Thursday, May 12, 2016, a single-engine Cessna Caravan of the Lodi parachuting center returned after an emergency landing in a vineyard near a house in the rural area from San Joaquin
The case confirmed Sunday a fatal skydiving incident at the Lodi parachuting center.
The case confirmed Sunday a fatal skydiving incident at the Lodi parachuting center.
Photo: KCRA
Deadly Skydiving Incident Reported to Lodi Parachuting Center
LODI, Calif. (KCRA) – A fatal skydiving incident was reported at Lodi Parachute Center on Sunday.
The incident was confirmed by the parachuting center.
Officials from the San Joaquin County Coroner's Office went to the scene Sunday afternoon, according to the Sheriff's Department.
BREAK: I just spoke to an employee of Skydive Lodi Parachute Center. He confirms that there was a fatal incident in parachute, but will not tell me any other details. We confirmed that the San Joaquin Coroner's Office would be going to the scene. We are on the road now.
Sunday's death is the latest in a series of deaths and offenses at the Lodi parachuting center.
From 1999 to 2017, 15 people died while jumping from planes that had taken off from the parachuting center.
In September 2016, 20 center instructors were suspended and 120 others were informed of the need for retraining following an investigation by the United States Parachute Association.
Earlier this year, the FBI executed a search warrant at the parachuting center.
At the time, the FBI had not disclosed the link between the search warrant and what he had found, but agents were seen leaving the center with cardboard boxes and bags full bins.