Overview
- Firefighters and Riverside County sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported skydiving traumatic injury near the 600 block of East Ellis Avenue in Perris and secured the scene.
- Responders found one jumper dead in a field on the east side of the 215 Freeway, a second jumper with severe injuries on the west side who was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, and a third jumper uninjured.
- Riverside County investigators have opened a probe into the incident to determine how it happened and whether equipment, human error or other factors were involved.
- On-scene video shows deputies speaking with a man wearing a Skydive Perris T-shirt near cordoned dry brush, but officials emphasize that video evidence does not yet confirm operator responsibility.
- Skydive Perris did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and investigators along with the coroner will establish cause of death and confirm the victims' identities as the inquiry continues.