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CA Skydiver Killed Thursday After Hit By 18-Wheeler In Acampo

ACAMPO, CA. (THECOUNT) — A skydiver was killed near the Lodi Parachute Center in Acampo, California, after colliding with a semi-tractor on Thursday afternoon, according to local reports.

The unidentified skydiver was killed during a multi-vehicle accident that was reported on Highway 99 in Acampo near Galt on Thursday, according to authorities.

Early incident reports by the California Highway Patrol indicate the fatal crash occurred in the southbound lanes of Highway 99 near Jahant Road early Thursday afternoon.

The CHP said confirmed a skydiver and big rig came into contact across from the Lodi Parachute Center, but few additional details have been released.

Law enforcement said the No. 2 lane was blocked and will be closed for an undetermined amount of time in order to complete the investigation, reports RecordNet.

Last year, a veteran skydiver died after her parachute failed to deploy at the Lodi Parachute Center. She was identified as 62-year-old Nena Lowry.

Since opening in the early 1980s, 19 deaths have been tied to the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center. Six of those deaths, including Sunday’s fatality, occurred between 2016 and 2018.

The FAA determined the unidentified skydiver was killed when her parachute failed to properly deploy. At the time she was using her own parachuting equipment which means she would have been responsible for packing her own chute.

Fellow jumpers say the woman killed this afternoon at the Lodi parachute center had decades of experience in the sky.

Early in 2018, the Department of Transportation and the FBI served a warrant at the Lodi Parachute Center. Manager Bill Dause said at the time that agents had taken hours of skydiving video, as well as credit card transaction data.

Geo quick facts: Acampo is a small census-designated place just north of Lodi in San Joaquin County, California, United States. It is the childhood home of Kamal Givens and his brother Ahmad, of the reality television show Real Chance of Love. In the 1870s, Acampo was named as a Southern Pacific Railroad station – Wikipedia.

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