Lodi Skydiving Deaths: How many people have died from skydiving in Lodi?

According to reports, 22 people have died whilst skydiving in Lodi.

Since its inception in 1981, the Lodi Parachute Center has recorded 22 deaths. According to the FAA, nine of these deaths have happened since 2016.

The family of an 18-year-old Los Banos high school graduate who died in 2016 when his parachute failed to deploy was awarded a $40 million judgment against Bill Dause, the owner of the skydiving school, on March 17.

According to investigators, Tyler Turner, a first-time skydiver, dropped 13,000 feet to the ground when his instructor, who was tied to him by a harness, was unable to open their parachutes.

The 2016 tragedy forms part of a long, troubled history of fatalities at the Lodi Parachute Center.

The woman, identified by the San Joaquin County coroner as 57-year-old Sabrina Call of Watsonville, died one Saturday afternoon, officials said. A fellow skydiver called the sheriff’s office to report that the victim’s parachute had become tangled.

The sheriff’s office said that the woman was a “very experienced” skydiver.