Two women who died after their parachutes became entangled during a midair collision Friday, Nov. 6, have been identified by the Riverside County coroner’s office.
Georgia Jean, 56, of Box Elder, South Dakota, and Levi Pimentel, 29, of Aurora, Illinois, died at Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar after the collision near Skydive Elsinore.
Riverside County sheriff’s deputies responded about 11:47 a.m. to a report of an air emergency in the 20000 block of Cereal Street. The skydivers were found on the ground receiving medical aid.
Both suffered major injuries and were transported to the hospital in critical condition, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Jean was pronounced dead at 12:26 p.m. and Pimentel at 12:29 p.m., according to the coroner’s records. Their next of kin have been notified.
Skydive Elsinore said the freefall portion of the jump and the opening of the parachutes proceeded normally. As the women prepared to land, they collided about 150 feet above the ground, the company said.
“The collision caused their parachutes to become entangled, and both sustained critical injuries when they reached the ground,” Skydive Elsinore said in a statement.
The company said there was no indication of an equipment malfunction. It described both women as experienced, licensed skydivers visiting from out of town to participate in an organized skydiving event.
Coroner’s records list the injury location as a dirt field at 20701 Cereal St. and the injury time as approximately 11:45 a.m.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office’s Lake Elsinore station is investigating under case number L263100051. Skydive Elsinore said it is cooperating with authorities.
