California Skydiver Rescued After Crash-Touchdown Into Energy Strains

A California skydiver’s soar on Monday almost resulted in tragedy — she crash-landed into energy traces — however, fortunately, she was capable of miraculously stroll away from the scene unhurt.

The Riverside County Fireplace Division mentioned it acquired a name concerning the caught skydiver at round 11:53 a.m. on Monday.

Firefighters rushed to the scene in Lake Elsinore … however they needed to go away the lady hanging for 40 minutes as utility employees wanted to chop the ability from the wires earlier than they may safely extract her.

In photographs from the scene, you possibly can see the lady was entwined in a powerline as first responders raced to get her down safely. Finally, they have been capable of untangle her and produce her right down to the bottom, the place she was evaluated by medics.

Fortunately, the lady was unhurt … and later defined to NBC Los Angeles that she was attempting to keep away from one other energy line on her method right down to the touchdown zone, inflicting her to crash.

The feminine skydiver, a scholar at Skydive Elsinore, was apparently leaping for the primary time along with her personal tools.

“The parachute opened correctly and was in excellent working order,” Skydive Elsinore mentioned to NBC Los Angeles.

“In some unspecified time in the future in the course of the parachute descent, the jumper grew to become confused and flew away from an open touchdown space and into to powerlines.”