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Police and other first responders investigate the scene where two skydivers were killed Tuesday in Eloy, Ariz.
By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News
Three skydivers collided in midair Tuesday over southern Arizona, killing two of them, authorities said.
The skydivers struck one another about 4 p.m. (6 p.m. ET) over the town of Eloy, a popular skydiving location about halfway between Phoenix and Tucson, the Federal Aviation Administration told NBC News on Tuesday night.
None of the victims was identified. No condition was immediately available for the third skydiver, who was airlifted to Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, NBC station KVOA of Tucson reported.
Just three days ago, Eloy was the scene of a landmark jump when 63 women from at least eight nations joined hands and dived head-first, breaking the female vertical formation skydiving record.
The accident also comes a few weeks after nine skydivers and both pilots survived when their two planes collided over Superior, Wis., on Nov. 2.
Sossy Dombourian of NBC News contributed to this report.
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This story was originally published on Tue Dec 3, 2013 10:05 PM EST
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