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BLYTHE — A pilot and passenger walked away uninjured after a plane they were in crashed into an agricultural field Tuesday, Oct. 3. The aircraft went down in a shallow irrigation ravine near a single-lane road, in the area of N. Intake Boulevard and 6th Avenue, in Blythe. Neither occupant has been identified publicly. SEE RELATED: PERRIS: Plane smashes into fuel tanker in Perris Valley […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — Officials are investigating after a parachutist died after suffering a “hard landing,” Wednesday, Sept. 27. According to officials, the victim was making his first, solo parachute jump when the fatal accident happened in an open field, north of Skylark Field Airport, in Lake Elsinore. Skydive Elsinore operates from the airport, which is west of Cereal Street and north of Corydon […]
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UPDATED: 04/24/2016 3:50 p.m. PERRIS – A skydiver sustained “moderate injuries” on Thursday afternoon, April 21, after suffering what Riverside County Fire/Cal Fire Public Information Officer April Newman described as a “parachute malfunction.” The victim was transported to an area hospital but was expected to survive, according to Newman. The skydiver reportedly went down at Skydive Perris, located at the Perris Airfield, […]
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