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Skydiving Fatalities: 2004: North America: Collision with telephone pole on landing

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Collision with telephone pole on landing

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2004-07-04	Category:	Landing
Country:	United States	Factors:	Landing Obstacle
State:	Pennsylvania	Jump Type:	Demo
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	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:		Age:	51
Reserve:		Jumps:	2000+
AAD:		Years in Sport:
RSL:		Name:	Darrell Breakiron
Description
A jumper died during a 4th of July demo jump when he struck a telephone pole during landing. According to eye-witnesses his parachute also became entangled with some of the wires which he pulled down with him. No further information is available at this time.
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