OCEANSIDE — A skydiver was seriously injured on Friday evening after his parachute failed to completely open and he struck the roof of a home in a neighborhood near the Oceanside airport, according to the Oceanside Fire Department.
The skydiver, an adult male in his 30s to 40s, struck the roof of a two-story home before landing on the ground between two adjacent homes on Toopal Drive.
First responders from the Oceanside and Carlsbad fire departments responded to the man’s injuries at the scene. The man was transported by Mercy Air ambulance to a local trauma center for further care.
According to OFD, skydiving accidents are infrequent but still occur.
The injured skydiver booked through GoJump Oceanside, the same skydiving company that had two separate crashes of Cessna 208B planes last year, one in February that left two pilots severely injured and another in June that killed one individual and severely injured another.
