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Skydiving Fatalities: 2006: North America: Hard landing while making a low turn

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Hard landing while making a low turn

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2006-11-25	Category:	Landing
Country:	United States	Factors:	Hook Turn Low Turn
State:	Montana	Jump Type:	Demo
Drop Zone:	Demo
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:	Alpha 104	Age:	52
Reserve:		Jumps:	4300
AAD:		Years in Sport:	20
RSL:		Name:	Paul Moran
Description
Jumper was doing a demo into a high elevation landing area (4500+ feet) on September 29, 2006. He did a front riser turn followed by going to deep brakes to recover from the turn at a very low altitude. The jumper ended up impacting into the pavement at a very high rate of vertical speed. Initial injuries included a broken heal, pelvis and severed arteries. The jumper was in the hospital for over 2 month and during that time he contracted a staph infection. This infection resulted eventually in his death.
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