Teen who went skydiving for first time dies with instructor after parachute failed


ATLANTA, US, (ANN): An 18-year-old girl who was to start her first year in college this August died in a skydiving accident with her instructor in the United States.

Jeanna Renee Triplicata and her grandmother planned to go skydiving, which was on the teen’s bucket list. The teen was with her instructor, experienced skydiver Nick Esposito, conducting a tandem jump when their parachute failed to open, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported last Tuesday, July 14.

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