CT Man Dies Following Skydiving Accident

CONNECTICUT — A man died following a skydiving accident at Orange Municipal Airport in Massachusetts this past weekend, according to reports.

Robert Szabo, 62, of Connecticut, was taken to UMass Medical Center in Worcester following the incident Saturday. He died Tuesday evening.

State and local police are investigating the cause of the accident along with the Federal Aviation Administration, according to Boston 25 News.

The death occurred at Jumptown Skydiving. Management told The Greenfield Recorder that the accident occurred due to "a midair collision between two experienced skydivers” and that the “injured jumper landed on airport property under a fully functioning parachute.”

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Last year, there were nine skydiving deaths out of 3.88 million dives nationwide, data from the U.S. Parachute Association shows. This is a record low number since fatalities began being tracked in 1961, the Association noted.

Also, 5.6 percent of divers reported experiencing an injury, with the most common being ankle injuries.

There was another death reported at Jumptown Skydiving in 2018. In that case, Alexis Zayas, 27, of East Meadow, New York, “veered off course” and collided with a barn, The Long Island Herald reported.