Updated on: November 7, 2026 / 6:39 PM EST / CBS/AP

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Two female skydivers who were taking part in an organized skydiving event in California were killed after colliding midair and plummeting to the ground.

The accident occurred Friday and involved two licensed, experienced skydivers at Skydive Elsinore, the company said in a statement. The Riverside County Sheriff's Department said deputies were dispatched late Friday morning after reports of an air emergency. The skydivers were taken to a local hospital with critical injuries.

They were pronounced dead at the hospital, the sheriff said.

The Riverside County coroner's office later identified the victims as 29-year-old Levi Pimentel of Aurora, Illinois, and 56-year-old Georgia Jean of Box Elder, South Dakota.

Skydive Elsinore said the free-fall portion of the dive and the opening of the parachutes were normal, but as they were preparing to land, the two skydivers collided at about 150 feet above the ground.

"The collision caused…