MARICOPA, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities have identified a skydiving student who was killed in a tandem jump in Arizona.
Pinal County Sheriff's spokesman Mark Clark confirmed Sunday that 26-year-old Jeriann Henderson, of Colorado, suffered fatal injuries after a malfunction or failure led to a hard-impact landing during a jump in Maricopa.
Clark says the instructor, 40-year-old Todd Dimauro, sustained two broken legs in the Saturday incident but will survive.
Dimauro works for Skydive Phoenix, which operates a drop zone for skydivers about 34 miles south of Phoenix.
In a post on their Facebook page, Skydive Phoenix officials say Henderson was conducting her second jump for their Accelerated Skydiving Program and the main parachute did not deploy.
They say a reserve parachute was used but turbulence turned it into the ground at the last moment.
