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Skydiving Fatalities: 2006: North America: Flew into parked truck

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Flew into parked truck

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2006-07-26	Category:	Landing
Country:	United States	Factors:	Hook Turn Landing Obstacle
State:	Il	Jump Type:	Relative Work
Drop Zone:	World Freefall Convention
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:	Odyssey	Sex:	Male
Main:	Xaos-27 108	Age:	57
Reserve:	PD Reserve 126	Jumps:	1200
AAD:	Cypres	Years in Sport:	3
RSL:		Name:	Mark Foster
Description
Jumper was seen doing a hook turn over the main organizer tents. He was swooping in between the large tents, in the course of his swoop he flew head first into a parked truck. He died instantly on the scene. First hand reports state that even with out the truck he would have still died due to how low he was while still diving in the turn. He was loading the canopy at approx 1.99:1.
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