Man dies in skydiving accident near Grand Canyon, instructor escapes with just a broken leg originally appeared on abcnews.go.comA tourist has died in a skydiving accident near the Grand Canyon after suffering a “hard landing” when his parachute failed to open.Christopher Swales, 55, was on a skydiving
A tourist has died in a skydiving accident near the Grand Canyon after suffering a “hard landing” when his parachute failed to open.
Christopher Swales, 55, was on a skydiving trip on Sept. 8 with Paragon Skydive when authorities said he and his skydiving partner who worked at the company “encountered difficulties."“The skydive reportedly had been going as planned until they encountered difficulties when approaching the landing area.
The diving instructor managed to escape with just a broken leg and was transported to Flagstaff Medical Center. Swales, who lived in the U.K., was pronounced dead at the hospital. Investigators are still looking into the circumstances surrounding incident but there are no indications that the accident was criminal in nature.
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