(KSTP) – A Minnesotan was killed in a skydiving accident in Arizona on Friday. According to the Eloy, AZ, Police Department, first responders were called to Skydive Arizona around 4:06 p.m. on Friday on a report of a parachutist “experiencing complications during descent.”
Authorities are still investigating to determine an exact cause, but said in a press release that there were "complications" during the dive.
Police responded to the skydiving center, where the 55-year-old Minnesota woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
An investigation is underway following the skydiving death of a Stillwater resident in Arizona last week. It happened Friday afternoon in the city of Eloy, where local police say Ann Wick, 55, experienced "complications" during a descent at Skydive Arizona:
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Authorities are still investigating to determine an exact cause, but said in a press release that there were "complications" during the dive.
Authorities say 55-year-old Ann Wick, of Minnesota, experienced complications during her descent at Skydive Arizona in Eloy on January 24th. Despite life-saving efforts, she was pronounced dead at the scene. According to Wick’s Facebook page, she was living in Stillwater, Minnesota and was a frequent skydiver.
A 55-year-old woman from Minnesota died after a skydiving accident in Eloy, Arizona Friday. The woman, identified as Ann Wick, experienced "complications" during descent, and died at the scene. The exact cause of the accident is under investigation.