Man dies in skydiving mishap in Montana

Courtesy Outdoor Recreation News  Thu, 07/29/2010 - 00:01

A man attending a skydiving festival in the northwestern Montana town of Marion was killed when he plummeted to the ground after his parachute became entangled with another man's.

Fred Sand, owner of Skydive Lost Prairie, which hosts the event, says the accident happened late Wednesday afternoon.


 

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