Skydiver falls to death in Southern California

Editor's note: This death is tragic.  Your ProbateShark was an air crewman on a Navy patrol bomber and views the parachute as an emergency device.  Skydiving is considered on the same level by this Shark as recreational surgery.  Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com     May 26, 2:40 PM EDT Skydiver falls to death in Southern California

US Video Buy AP Photo Reprints LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say a 62-year-old skydiver has died after plummeting into a Southern California backyard. UT San Diego cites (http://bit.ly/11oH5BJ ) a preliminary investigation report that finds a group of skydivers were trying a multiple person maneuver over Riverside County on Saturday when one of them became entangled in a parachute. The man was unable to free himself and fell to the ground. Police found him in the backyard of a Lake Elsinore home. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The man was identified as Ken Oka of Mira Loma. The newspaper says police and the Federal Aviation Administration are conducting independent investigations. --- Information from: U-T San