Stillwater woman dies in skydiving accident in Arizona

A Stillwater woman died Friday afternoon in a parachuting accident in Eloy, Ariz., police said.

Ann Wick, 55, died around 4 p.m. Friday after “experiencing complications during descent” at Skydive Arizona, which is billed as the largest skydiving facility in the United States.

First responders initiated lifesaving measures, but Wick was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation. Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration “and other relevant agencies will conduct a thorough review of equipment, procedures, and circumstances surrounding the incident,” Eloy police said in a news release.

Further details will be released as they become available, police said.

Eloy is located about 65 miles southeast of Phoenix.

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