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  • Yet another death at notorious Calif. skydiving center, bringing total to 22 since 1981

    04/21/2021 1:19:12 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 47 replies
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | April 19, 2021 | Andrew Chamings
    Yet another skydiver has died at the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center. The skydiving school in San Joaquin County is now the site of 22 recorded deaths since opening in 1981. Nine of those deaths have occurred since 2016, according to the FAA. The woman, identified as 57-year-old Sabrina Call of Watsonville by the San Joaquin County coroner, died on Saturday afternoon, officials said. A parachutist who jumped with her called the sheriff's office reporting that the victim's parachute became tangled. "We're sad, but it's just like a car wreck or anything else. You have to go on," owner Bill Dause,...