SAN DIEGO — A man died Tuesday night after jumping from a balcony at a high-rise apartment building in an apparent parachuting mishap, San Diego police said.
The man, whose age was unavailable, was wearing a helmet and was equipped with a parachute, police said. It appeared the parachute failed to open during a BASE jumping attempt, Sgt. Kevin Gibson said.
The incident was reported about 10:30 p.m. at an apartment building in the University City area. According to police radio traffic, a 911 caller heard a “loud pop” similar to a gunshot, stepped onto a balcony and saw the person bleeding on the ground.
Officers and paramedics gave the person CPR but the person died at the scene.
BASE jumping consists of parachuting from fixed objects, such as buildings. BASE is an acronym for the categories of objects people jump from: buildings, antennae, spans and earth, such as cliffs.
No further information was available Tuesday night.
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