A skydiver killed last week in a jump at Skydive Perris in Southern California has been identified by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office as 57-year-old Pascal Pierre Petetin, a resident of Tahiti. Petetin died Thursday afternoon after an apparent midair collision involving a group of experienced skydivers visiting the Riverside County drop zone, according to statements from Skydive Perris and law enforcement.
Riverside County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 1:52 p.m. on May 28 to the area of Interstate 215 and Nuevo Road following reports of an air emergency. Deputies located Petetin in a field east of the freeway near Fourth Street, where he was pronounced dead at the scene, sheriff’s office spokesperson Sgt. Robert Martinez told SFGATE on Monday.
A second skydiver was found on the west side of the freeway and was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. A third skydiver was located uninjured. The investigation remains ongoing, Martinez said…