NATIONAL BRIEFING / ARIZONA
TIMES WIRE REPORTS
A parachutist jumping from a mountain base died after falling 250 feet with a chute that apparently failed to open.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Doug Matteson said dispatchers received a 911 call that a parachutist had been injured after jumping off a mountain base near Saguaro Lake northeast of Phoenix.
The parachutist died about an hour after the accident. His name has not been released.
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