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Blown off course, injured parachutist left dangling from Lake Elsinore powerlines

May 25, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Authorities say a parachutist was hospitalized after he was blown off course and became entangled in powerlines in the area of Mission Trail and Vine Street in Lake Elsinore. Witnesses have since said it appeared the parachutist, who spent just over an hour dangling from the powerlines, was trying to aim for a large empty field […]

LAKE ELSINORE: Man visiting from S. Korea dies during first, solo parachute jump

September 28, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

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 […]