70-year-old man dies in skydiving accident
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 17: Skydivers in Santa Claus costumes dive in formation over Sydney to launch the new festive experiences range by an Australian online experience company, at Picton on December 17, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. …
Posted: 07/19/2010
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in Pennsylvania say a
70-year-old skydiver from New York was killed when his parachute
became tangled with another man's and he fell to the ground.
State police say Theodore Wilson, of New Rochelle, N.Y., and
75-year-old George Flynn, of Colonia, N.J., tumbled about 75 feet
to the ground after their open parachutes became entangled Saturday
in the Pocono Mountains.
Wilson was killed. Flynn is in critical condition at Lehigh
Valley Hospital. The men had jumped at Sky's the Limit Skydiving at
the Stroudsburg-Pocono Airport, about 70 miles north of
Philadelphia.
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