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Skydiving Fatalities: 2005: North America: Collision at tandem deployment

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Collision at tandem deployment

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2005-07-02	Category:	Collision
Country:	United States	Factors:	Freefall Collision
State:	Indiana	Jump Type:	Tandem
Drop Zone:	Skydive Wayne County
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:	Dual Hawk	Sex:	Male
Main:		Age:	37
Reserve:		Jumps:	2300+
AAD:	Cypres	Years in Sport:	15
RSL:	Yes	Name:	Geoff Sean Crossman
Description
At deployment time the Tandem master wraped his student and the fall rate accelerated. The Videographer had popped up a little bit to get a shot of the canopy as it opened when it went by him. This left the videographer high and in front of the soon to be deploying tandem. As the canopy was opening it surged forward and the videographer fell into the deploying canopy and striking the tandem master. The Tandem master died of the injuries. The videographer holds AFF, Tandem and SL-I ratings and has over 1700 jumps. He sustained injuries including a broken pelvis and vertebra fractures. He landed with out further incident. The student landed under the tandem and unhooked himself. The student was treated for a facial laceration requiring approximately 20 stitches and released.
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