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July 19, 2010

Pocono area skydiving accident claims a second life

Associated Press

ALLENTOWN —

ALLENTOWN — A skydiving accident in Monroe County has claimed the life of a second man.

The Lehigh County Coroner's Office says 75-year-old George Flynn, of Colonia, N.J., died Sunday, a day after he tumbled to the ground after he and another jumper got their parachutes tangled.

Flynn and 70-year-old Theodore Wilson of New Rochelle, N.Y., had jumped at Sky's the Limit Skydiving near the Stroudsburg-Pocono Airport when they collided and became tangled about 75 feet from the ground.

Authorities say Flynn died of multiple blunt force trauma. His death was ruled an accident.

Wilson was pronounced dead Saturday at Pocono Medical Center.

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