A skydiver has died after landing on the roof of a home in Perris, authorities said Monday.
Firefighters were called to the home in the 200 block of Caldera Street just before 3 p.m.
The first arriving engine company reported the patient was on the roof of a home. Within half an hour, firefighters confirmed the person had died.
A witness who lives near the Caldera Street home told KTLA that the skydiver’s parachute did not open. The witness said he had called paramedics.
No other information was immediately available and the Sheriff’s Department was handling the investigation, according it the Riverside County Fire Department.
Perris is the site of Skydive Perris, which operates at the Perris Valley Airport. The Caldera Street home is less than 2 miles from the airport.
KTLA reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration, which investigates parachute malfunctions, but the agency is not responding due to the federal government shutdown, according to an automated email reply.
from KTLA http://ift.tt/2DzYlOf
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