Saturday, July 15, 2017

Sydney skydiving deaths: Two men killed during tandem jump near Picton, NSW

The bodies of two men attempting a tandem skydive are discovered in the driveway of a property near Picton, about 90 kilometres south-west of Sydney, as police launch an investigation.

Two men have died in a tandem skydiving incident near Picton, about 90 kilometres south-west of Sydney.

Police and New South Wales Ambulance were called to the front of a property on Wilton Road in Wilton about 2pm on Saturday, after a local resident raised the alarm.

Police said the two men — an instructor believed to be in his 60s and another man in his 20s — were found dead at the scene.

It is understood they were completing a tandem jump, supervised by Sydney Skydivers, and their bodies were found in the driveway of the property.

It is believed the men’s bodies were found about one kilometre away from their intended landing spot.

Source: Sydney skydiving deaths: Two men killed during tandem jump near Picton, NSW – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)


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