Utah skydiver in critical condition after main parachute didn’t open

TOOELE, Utah (KSL.com) — A skydiver successful Tooele County is successful captious information aft hitting a tile connected a dive Sunday.

The Tooele County Sheriff’s Department received a telephone astatine 5:13 p.m. that a skydiver was successful captious information pursuing a dive. The 22-year-old female was portion of a skydiving squad but was not capable to unfastened her main parachute connected a dive. The emergency chute did open, skydiving squad members told police.

The diver deed a information of a tile wherever powerfulness lines were attached, according to a Tooele County Sheriff’s deputy. North Tooele Fire District spokesperson Jon Smith later said location were nary evident signs nan female had received an electrical shock, though thing touched nan powerfulness line, he was unsure if it was nan parachute aliases nan skydiver, who was connected nan crushed erstwhile emergency unit arrived.

The female was conscious and breathing erstwhile she was rescued and was taken by aesculapian chopper to a infirmary successful Salt Lake City successful captious condition.

Smith said nan female was an knowledgeable skydiver and was jumping solo. The origin of nan mishap is unknown, he said.

There were nary roadworthy closures and nan segment has been cleared.