:Death Plunge: Parachutes Tangle At 6,000ft
- Two skydivers have plummeted 6,000ft to their deaths after their parachutes got entangled during a stunt over California.
- Robbie Bigley and Barbara Cuddy landed in a vineyard following an attempted formation jump involving eight people, reports said.
- Bill Dause, owner of the Parachute Centre near Lodi, said the pair had been practising for the US Parachute Association national skydiving championships next month.
- "Three jumpers became entangled while building the formation," Mr Duase told Recordnet.com.
- "One was able to eject out, but the others remained entangled and for whatever reason could not deploy their reserve chutes."
- Reports said Mr Bigley died immediately after hitting the ground.
- But Ms Cuddy was taken to Lodi Memorial Hospital before she was pronounced dead, it was said.
- Mr Dause said the two victims had each skydived more than 4,000 times.
- Both Mr Bigley and Ms Cuddy are listed on the United States Parachute Association's website as existing national record holders for formation jumps.
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