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Two experienced skydivers die after midair collision entangles their parachutes

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Two experienced skydivers died Friday when their parachutes became entangled during an organized dive in Southern California.

Georgia Jean, 56, of Box Elder, S.D., and Levi Pimentel, 29, of Aurora, Ill., both licensed skydivers, began to plummet at about 150 feet above the ground when they collided midair at Skydive Elsinore around noon in Lake Elsinore, about 75 miles southeast of Los Angeles .

The freefall portion of the skydive was normal, as was the opening of the parachutes, Skydive Elsinore said.

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